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Thirukkural 640

Chapter 64: அமைச்சு (The Office of Minister of state) · Wealth

Kural 640

முறைப்படச் சூழ்ந்தும் முடிவிலவே செய்வர்
திறப்பாடு இலாஅ தவர்.

Muraippatach Choozhndhum Mutivilave Seyvar
Thirappaatu Ilaaa Thavar

For gain of end desired just counsel nought availsTo minister, when tact in execution fails

Meaning

Those ministers who are destitute of (executive) ability will fail to carry out their projects, although they may have contrived aright.

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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