The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 687

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The Envoy · Wealth & public life

கடனறிந்து காலங் கருதி இடனறிந்து எண்ணி உரைப்பான் தலை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கடனறிந்து காலங் கருதி இடனறிந்து எண்ணி உரைப்பான் தலை.

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He is the best who knows what's due, the time considered well, The place selects, then ponders long ere he his errand tell.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain