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Thirukkural 494

Chapter 50: இடனறிதல் (Knowing the Place) · Wealth

Kural 494

எண்ணியார் எண்ணம் இழப்பர் இடனறிந்து
துன்னியார் துன்னிச் செயின்.

Enniyaar Ennam Izhappar Itanarindhu
Thunniyaar Thunnich Cheyin

The foes who thought to triumph, find their thoughts were vain, If hosts advance, seize vantage ground, and thence the fight maintain

Meaning

If they who draw near (to fight) choose a suitable place to approach (their enemy), the latter, will have to relinquish the thought which they once entertained, of conquering them.

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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