Thirukkural 508 in English
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Tamil original
தேரான் பிறனைத் தெளிந்தான் வழிமுறை
தீரா இடும்பை தரும்.
Transliteration
Theraan Piranaith Thelindhaan Vazhimurai
Theeraa Itumpai Tharum
Modern English
“Choosing someone without checking their character can create trouble for many people, even in the future.”
Modern Interpretation
Choosing someone without checking their character can create trouble for many people, even in the future. For example, hiring a person without checking their record can leave an entire team dealing with the damage.
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Modern Plain English
Choosing someone without checking their character can create trouble for many people, even in the future.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
To trust an untried stranger brings Endless troubles on all our kins
G.U. Pope Translation
Who trusts an untried stranger, brings disgrace,Remediless, on all his race
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Sorrow that will not leave even his posterity will come upon him chooses a stranger whose character he has not known
Tamil commentary
நாட்டுச் சிந்தனைகளில் பற்று இல்லாதவனை, அவன் பின்னணி பற்றி ஆராயாது பதவியில் அமர்த்தினால் அச்செயல் நீங்காத துன்பத்தைத் தரும்.
Chapter 51
More from Selection and Confidence
தெரிந்து தெளிதல்
Pleasure, gold, fear of life Virtue- Test by these four and trust the true
Kural 502Spotless name of noble birth Shamed of stain-that choice is worth
Kural 503Though deep scholars of stainless sense Rare is freedom from ignorance
Kural 504Good and evil in man weigh well Judge him by virtues which prevail
Kural 505By the touchstone of deeds is seen If any one is great or mean
Kural 506Choose not those men without kinsmen Without affine or shame of sin
Kural 507On favour leaning fools you choose; Folly in all its forms ensues
Kural 508To trust an untried stranger brings Endless troubles on all our kins
Kural 509Trust not without testing and then Find proper work for trusted men
Kural 510Trust without test; The trusted doubt; Both entail troubles in and out