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Thirukkural 677

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

Kural 677

செய்வினை செய்வான் செயன்முறை அவ்வினை
உள்ளறிவான் உள்ளம் கொளல்.

Seyvinai Seyvaan Seyanmurai Avvinai
Ullarivaan Ullam Kolal

Who would succeed must thus begin first let him ask The thoughts of them who thoroughly know the task

Meaning

The method of performance for one who has begun an act is to ascertain the mind of him who knows the secret thereof.

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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