Thirukkural 487 in English
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Tamil original
பொள்ளென ஆங்கே புறம்வேரார் காலம்பார்த்து
உள்வேர்ப்பர் ஒள்ளி யவர்.
Transliteration
Pollena Aange Puramveraar Kaalampaarththu
Ulverppar Olli Yavar
Modern English
“Wise people do not display anger at once; they stay calm and choose a useful moment to respond.”
Modern Interpretation
Wise people do not display anger at once; they stay calm and choose a useful moment to respond. For example, pausing before replying to an insulting message can prevent a needless argument.
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Modern Plain English
Wise people do not display anger at once; they stay calm and choose a useful moment to respond.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
The wise jut not their vital fire They watch their time with hidden ire
G.U. Pope Translation
The glorious once of wrath enkindled make no outward show,At once; they bide their time, while hidden fires within them glow
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The wise will not immediately and hastily shew out their anger; they will watch their time, and restrain it within
Tamil commentary
தம்பகைவர் அடாது செய்தால் அவர் அறியத் தம் பகைமையை அறிவுடையவர், விரைந்து வெளியே காட்டமாட்டார், ஆனால், ஏற்ற காலம் நோக்கிச் சினத்தை மனத்திற்குள் வைத்திருப்பர்.
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