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Thirukkural 482

Chapter 49: காலமறிதல் (Knowing the fitting Time) · Wealth

Kural 482

பருவத்தோடு ஒட்ட ஒழுகல் திருவினைத்
தீராமை ஆர்க்குங் கயிறு.

Paruvaththotu Otta Ozhukal Thiruvinaith
Theeraamai Aarkkung Kayiru

The bond binds fortune fast is ordered effort made, Strictly observant still of favouring season's aid

Meaning

Acting at the right season, is a cord that will immoveably bind success (to a king).

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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