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Thirukkural 672

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

Kural 672

தூங்குக தூங்கிச் செயற்பால தூங்கற்க
தூங்காது செய்யும் வினை.

Thoonguka Thoongich Cheyarpaala Thoongarka
Thoongaadhu Seyyum Vinai

Slumber when sleepy work's in hand beware Thou slumber not when action calls for sleepless care

Meaning

Sleep over such (actions) as may be slept over; (but) never over such as may not be slept over.

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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