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Thirukkural 476

Chapter 48: வலியறிதல் (The Knowledge of Power) · Wealth

Kural 476

நுனிக்கொம்பர் ஏறினார் அஃதிறந் தூக்கின்
உயிர்க்கிறுதி ஆகி விடும்.

Nunikkompar Erinaar Aqdhiran Thookkin
Uyirkkirudhi Aaki Vitum

Who daring climbs, and would himself upraiseBeyond the branch's tip, with life the forfeit pays

Meaning

There will be an end to the life of him who, having climbed out to the end of a branch, ventures to go further.

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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