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Thirukkural 467

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

Kural 467

எண்ணித் துணிக கருமம் துணிந்தபின்
எண்ணுவம் என்பது இழுக்கு.

Ennith Thunika Karumam Thunindhapin
Ennuvam Enpadhu Izhukku

Think, and then dare the deed! Who cry,'Deed dared, we'll think,' disgraced shall be

Meaning

Consider, and then undertake a matter; after having undertaken it, to say "We will consider," is folly.

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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