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Thirukkural 836

Kural 836

பொய்படும் ஒன்றோ புனைபூணும் கையறியாப்
பேதை வினைமேற் கொளின்.

Poipatum Ondro Punaipoonum Kaiyariyaap
Pedhai Vinaimer Kolin

When fool some task attempts with uninstructed pains, It fails; nor that alone, himself he binds with chains

Meaning

If the fool, who knows not how to act undertakes a work, he will (certainly) fail (But) is it all ? He will even adorn himself with fetters.

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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