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Thirukkural 671

Chapter 68: வினை செயல்வகை (Modes of Action) · Wealth

Kural 671

சூழ்ச்சி முடிவு துணிவெய்தல் அத்துணிவு
தாழ்ச்சியுள் தங்குதல் தீது.

Soozhchchi Mutivu Thuniveydhal Aththunivu
Thaazhchchiyul Thangudhal Theedhu

The Resolve is counsel's end, If resolutions halt In weak delays, still unfulfilled, 'tis grievous fault

Meaning

Consultation ends in forming a resolution (to act); (but) delay in the execution of that resolve is an evil.

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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