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Thirukkural 483

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

Kural 483

அருவினை யென்ப உளவோ கருவியான்
காலம் அற஧ந்து செயின்.

Aruvinai Yenpa Ulavo Karuviyaan
Kaalam Arindhu Seyin

Can any work be hard in very fact, If men use fitting means in timely act

Meaning

Is there anything difficult for him to do, who acts, with (the right) instruments at the right time ?

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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