Not Fearing the Assembly
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kaṟṟāruṭ kaṟṟā reṉappaṭuvar kaṟṟārmuṟ / kaṟṟa celaccollu vār.
“Who what they've learned, in penetrating words heve learned to say, / Before the learn'd among the learn'd most learn'd are they.”
“Behold the man who can sustain his conclusions in the congregation of the learned: he will be called a scholar among scholars.”
Among the learned, those are called truly learned who can make what they have learned reach the understanding of learned hearers.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கற்றாருள் கற்றார் எனப்படுவர்= கற்றார் எல்லாரினும் இவர் நன்கு கற்றார் என்று உலகத்தாரான் சொல்லப்படுவார்; கற்றார் முன் செலச் சொல்லுவார்= கற்றார் அவைக்கண் அஞ்சாதே தாம் கற்றவற்றை அவர் மனம் கொள்ளும்வகை சொல்லவல்லார்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Those who can persuasively expound what they have learned before an assembly of scholars will be hailed as the supreme scholars among the learned.