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Thirukkural 510

Chapter 51: தெரிந்து தெளிதல் (Selection and Confidence) · Wealth

Kural 510

தேரான் தெளிவும் தெளிந்தான்கண் ஐயுறவும்
தீரா இடும்பை தரும்.

Theraan Thelivum Thelindhaankan Aiyuravum
Theeraa Itumpai Tharum

Trust where you have not tried, doubt of a friend to feel, Once trusted, wounds inflict that nought can heal

Meaning

To make choice of one who has not been examined, and to entertain doubts respecting one who has been chosen, will produce irremediable sorrow.

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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