Thirukkural 482 in English
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Tamil original
பருவத்தோடு ஒட்ட ஒழுகல் திருவினைத்
தீராமை ஆர்க்குங் கயிறு.
Transliteration
Paruvaththotu Otta Ozhukal Thiruvinaith
Theeraamai Aarkkung Kayiru
Modern English
“Acting in season and at the right moment helps success stay secure.”
Modern Interpretation
Acting in season and at the right moment helps success stay secure. For example, applying for a course before its deadline keeps an opportunity from slipping away.
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Modern Plain English
Acting in season and at the right moment helps success stay secure.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Well-ordered seasoned act is cord That fortune binds in bon accord
G.U. Pope Translation
The bond binds fortune fast is ordered effort made,Strictly observant still of favouring season's aid
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Acting at the right season, is a cord that will immoveably bind success (to a king)
Tamil commentary
காலந் தவறாமல் காரியம் ஆற்றுவது, ஓடும் செல்வத்தை ஓடாமல் கட்டும் கயிறு ஆகும்.
Chapter 49
More from Knowing the fitting Time
காலமறிதல்
By day the crow defeats the owl Kings need right time their foes to quell
Kural 482Well-ordered seasoned act is cord That fortune binds in bon accord
Kural 483What is hard for him who acts With proper means and time and tacts?
Kural 484Choose proper time and act and place Even the world you win with ease
Kural 485Who want to win the world sublime Wait unruffled biding their time
Kural 486By self-restraint stalwarts keep fit Like rams retreating but to butt
Kural 487The wise jut not their vital fire They watch their time with hidden ire
Kural 488Bear with hostiles when you meet them Fell down their head in fateful time
Kural 489When comes the season ripe and rare Dare and do hard things then and there
Kural 490In waiting time feign peace like stork In fighting time strike like its peck