என்னித் துணிக கருமம்

Was watching the CEC's interview with Rajdeep Sardesai on CNN IBN. Mr Sampath was asked if he had made any mistakes. He responded with a tirukkuraL. It reminded me of something that I had learnt in school. So the kuraL goes like this;

eNNi tuNiga karumam; tuNindapin

eNNuvam enbadu izhukku

एण्णि तुणिगअ करुमम; तुणिंदपिन 

एण्णुवम एन्बदु इळुक्कु 

(सारे 'ए' का उच्चारण अंग्रेज़ी के शब्द bell के  'e' की तरह करें) 

என்னித் துணிக கருமம்; துணிந்தபின் 

எண்ணுவம் என்பது இழுக்கு 

It means carefully analyse and choose your course of action, but once you have done so

Do not dither, do not look back, do not intellectualise. Go ahead on that course with conviction.

Thank you Mr Sampath for reminding me of this one.