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Thirukkural 516

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

Kural 516

செய்வானை நாடி வினைநாடிக் காலத்தோடு
எய்த உணர்ந்து செயல்.

Seyvaanai Naati Vinainaatik Kaalaththotu
Eydha Unarndhu Seyal

Let king first ask, 'Who shall the deed perform?' and 'What the deed?'Of hour befitting both assured, let every work proceed

Meaning

Let (a king) act, after having considered the agent (whom he is to employ), the deed (he desires to do), and the time which is suitable to it.

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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