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Thirukkural 663

Chapter 67: வினைத்திட்பம் (Power in Action) · Wealth

Kural 663

கடைக்கொட்கச் செய்தக்க தாண்மை இடைக்கொட்கின்
எற்றா விழுமந் தரும்.

Kataikkotkach Cheydhakka Thaanmai Itaikkotkin
Etraa Vizhuman Tharum

Man's fitting work is known but by success achieved; In midst the plan revealed brings ruin ne'er to be retrieved

Meaning

So to perform an act as to publish it (only) at its termination is (true) manliness; for to announce it beforehand, will cause 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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