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> おろかもの！！！この洞窟に入れるのは、ぼろをきた心のきよらかなわかもの、ただひとりだ！

I need help in understanding what ぼろ means and the phrase/clause that follows.

I still haven't figured out what きよらかな is.

Also, I believe おろかもの means "fool" or "idiot". It must be extremely degrading
to be called that in a real conversation, doesn't it?
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A scene from the Disney story "Aladdin"
おろかもの is very archaic so if someone uses it in a real conversation, it's
almost certainly a joke. An elderly person might use it without the joke
element, however.
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As far as I can tell

> おろかもの！！この洞窟に入れるのは、ぼろをきた心のきよらかなわかもの、ただひとりだ

quite literally means: "Fool!!!The only one who can enter this cave is a rag-
wearing(ぼろをきた) and pure hearted(心 の 清らか) young man([若者]{わかもの})".

In the Japanese sentence, "can enter this cave"(この洞窟に入れるのは) and "only one"(ただ
ひとりだ) are separated by said person's description(ぼろをきた心のきよらかなわかもの).
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