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Thirukkural 464

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

Kural 464

தெளிவி லதனைத் தொடங்கார் இளிவென்னும்
ஏதப்பாடு அஞ்சு பவர்.

Thelivi Ladhanaith Thotangaar Ilivennum
Edhappaatu Anju Pavar

A work of which the issue is not clear, Begin not they reproachful scorn who fear

Meaning

Those who fear reproach will not commence anything which has not been (thoroughly considered) and made clear to them.

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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