Thirukkural 483 in English
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Tamil original
அருவினை யென்ப உளவோ கருவியான்
காலம் அறந்து செயின்.
Transliteration
Aruvinai Yenpa Ulavo Karuviyaan
Kaalam Arindhu Seyin
Modern English
“With the right tools and the right timing, few tasks are truly impossible.”
Modern Interpretation
With the right tools and the right timing, few tasks are truly impossible. For example, a student with good resources and a well-chosen study schedule can master a difficult subject.
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Modern Plain English
With the right tools and the right timing, few tasks are truly impossible.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
What is hard for him who acts With proper means and time and tacts?
G.U. Pope Translation
Can any work be hard in very fact,If men use fitting means in timely act
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Is there anything difficult for him to do, who acts, with (the right) instruments at the right time ?
Tamil commentary
செயலைச் செய்து முடிப்பதற்கு ஏற்ற திறமைகளுடனும் தந்திரங்களுடனும், உரிய காலத்தைக் கண்டு ஒரு செயலைச் செய்தால் செய்வதற்கு அரிய செயல் என்று ஏதேனும் உண்டா?
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