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Thirukkural 668

Chapter 67: வினைத்திட்பம் (Power in Action) · Wealth

Kural 668

கலங்காது கண்ட வினைக்கண் துளங்காது
தூக்கங் கடிந்து செயல்.

Kalangaadhu Kanta Vinaikkan Thulangaadhu
Thookkang Katindhu Seyal

What clearly eye discerns as right, with steadfast will, And mind unslumbering, that should man fulfil

Meaning

An act that has been firmly resolved on must be as firmly carried out without delay.

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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