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Thirukkural 463

Chapter 47: தெரிந்து செயல்வகை (Acting after due Consideration) · Wealth

Kural 463

ஆக்கம் கருதி முதலிழக்கும் செய்வினை
ஊக்கார் அறிவுடை யார்.

Aakkam Karudhi Mudhalizhakkum Seyvinai
Ookkaar Arivutai Yaar

To risk one's all and lose, aiming at added gain, Is rash affair, from which the wise abstain

Meaning

Wise men will not, in the hopes of profit, undertake works that will consume their principal.

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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