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Thirukkural 674

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

Kural 674

வினைபகை என்றிரண்டின் எச்சம் நினையுங்கால்
தீயெச்சம் போலத் தெறும்.

Vinaipakai Endrirantin Echcham Ninaiyungaal
Theeyechcham Polath Therum

With work or foe, when you neglect some little thing, If you reflect, like smouldering fire, 'twill ruin bring

Meaning

When duly considered, the incomplete execution of an undertaking and hostility will grow and destroy one like the (unextinguished) remnant of a fire.

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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