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Thirukkural 465

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

Kural 465

வகையறச் சூழா தெழுதல் பகைவரைப்
பாத்திப் படுப்பதோ ராறு.

Vakaiyarach Choozhaa Thezhudhal Pakaivaraip
Paaththip Patuppadho Raaru

With plans not well matured to rise against your foe, Is way to plant him out where he is sure to grow

Meaning

One way to promote the prosperity of an enemy, is (for a king) to set out (to war) without having thoroughly weighed his ability (to cope with its chances).

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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