Thirukkural 510 in English
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Tamil original
தேரான் தெளிவும் தெளிந்தான்கண் ஐயுறவும்
தீரா இடும்பை தரும்.
Transliteration
Theraan Thelivum Thelindhaankan Aiyuravum
Theeraa Itumpai Tharum
Modern English
“Choosing someone without checking them and then doubting someone you have checked both cause lasting trouble.”
Modern Interpretation
Choosing someone without checking them and then doubting someone you have checked both cause lasting trouble. For example, a manager who hires carelessly and second-guesses every capable worker will damage the whole team.
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Modern Plain English
Choosing someone without checking them and then doubting someone you have checked both cause lasting trouble.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Trust without test; The trusted doubt; Both entail troubles in and out
G.U. Pope Translation
Trust where you have not tried, doubt of a friend to feel,Once trusted, wounds inflict that nought can heal
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
To make choice of one who has not been examined, and to entertain doubts respecting one who has been chosen, will produce irremediable sorrow
Tamil commentary
ஒருவனை ஆராயாமல் பதவியில் அமர்த்துவதும், அமர்த்தியபின் அவன்மீதே சந்தேகம் கொள்வதும் 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