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Thirukkural 514

Chapter 52: தெரிந்து வினையாடல் (Selection and Employment) · Wealth

Kural 514

எனைவகையான் தேறியக் கண்ணும் வினைவகையான்
வேறாகும் மாந்தர் பலர்.

Enaivakaiyaan Theriyak Kannum Vinaivakaiyaan
Veraakum Maandhar Palar

Even when tests of every kind are multiplied, Full many a man proves otherwise, by action tried

Meaning

Even when (a king) has tried them in every possible way, there are many men who change, from the nature of the works (in which they may be employed).

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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