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Thirukkural 596

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Kural 596

உள்ளுவ தெல்லாம் உயர்வுள்ளல் மற்றது
தள்ளினுந் தள்ளாமை நீர்த்து.

Ulluva Thellaam Uyarvullal Matradhu
Thallinun Thallaamai Neerththu

Whate'er you ponder, let your aim be loftly still, Fate cannot hinder always, thwart you as it will

Meaning

In all that a king thinks of, let him think of his greatness; and if it should be thrust from him (by fate), it will have the nature of not being thrust from him.

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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