Knowing the Right Place
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añcāmai yallāṟ ṟuṇaivēṇṭā veñcāmai / yeṇṇi yiṭattāṟ ceyiṉ
“Save their own fearless might they need no other aid, / If in right place they fight, all due provision made.”
“Behold the prince that hath planned everything beforehand and striketh at the proper objective: he wanteth no other ally than his own valour.”
If rulers consider every requirement without omission and act in a place fitted to them, they need no support other than fearlessness.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
எஞ்சாமை எண்ணி இடத்தான் செயின்= பகையிடத்து வினைசெய்யும் திறங்களை எல்லாம் ஒழியாது எண்ணி அவற்றை அரசர் இடத்தொடு பொருந்தச் செய்வராயின்; அஞ்சாமை அல்லால் துணை வேண்டா= அச்செயற்குத் தம் திண்மையல்லது பிறிதொரு துணை வேண்டுவதில்லை.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
If one plans every detail of the operation without omission and acts from the strategically advantageous ground, no external support is needed beyond one's own fearless courage.