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Thirukkural 380

Kural 380

ஊழிற் பெருவலி யாவுள மற்றொன்று
சூழினுந் தான்முந் துறும்.

Oozhir Peruvali Yaavula Matrondru
Soozhinun Thaanmun Thurum

What powers so great as those of Destiny? Man's skillSome other thing contrives; but fate's beforehand still

Meaning

What is stronger than fate ? If we think of an expedient (to avert it), it will itself be with us before (the thought).

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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