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Thirukkural 489

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

Kural 489

எய்தற் கரியது இயைந்தக்கால் அந்நிலையே
செய்தற் கரிய செயல்.

Eydhar Kariyadhu Iyaindhakkaal Annilaiye
Seydhar Kariya Seyal

When hardest gain of opportunity at last is won, With promptitude let hardest deed be done

Meaning

If a rare opportunity occurs, while it lasts, let a man do that which is rarely to be accomplished (but for such an opportunity).

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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