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Chapter 68: வினைசெயல்வகை

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 68

Kural 674

வினைசெயல்வகை

Position 4/10

திருக்குறள்

வினைபகை என்றிரண்டின் எச்சம் நினையுங்கால் தீயெச்சம் போலத் தெறும்.

Vinaipakai Endrirantin Echcham Ninaiyungaal Theeyechcham Polath Therum

“Work or foe left unfinished Flare up like fire unextinguished”

With work or foe, when you neglect some little thing, If you reflect, like smouldering fire, 'twill ruin bring

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Kural #674

The Unextinguished Spark

The story illustrates how incomplete actions and unresolved hostility act like hidden embers that eventually cause significant damage. When duly considered, the incomplete execution of an undertaking and hostility will grow and destroy one like the (unextinguished) remnant of a fire

8–14 yr 2 min