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Thirukkural 488

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

Kural 488

செறுநரைக் காணின் சுமக்க இறுவரை
காணின் கிழக்காம் தலை.

Serunaraik Kaanin Sumakka Iruvarai
Kaanin Kizhakkaam Thalai

If foes' detested form they see, with patience let them bear; When fateful hour at last they spy,- the head lies there

Meaning

If one meets his enemy, let him show him all respect, until the time for his destruction is come; when that is come, his head will be easily brought low.

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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