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Thirukkural 381

Chapter 39: இறைமாட்சி (The Greatness of a King) · Wealth

Kural 381

படைகுடி கூழ்அமைச்சு நட்பரண் ஆறும்
உடையான் அரசருள் ஏறு.

Pataikuti Koozhamaichchu Natparan Aarum
Utaiyaan Arasarul Eru

An army, people, wealth, a minister, friends, fort: six things-Who owns them all, a lion lives amid the kings

Meaning

He who possesses these six things, an army, a people, wealth, ministers, friends and a fortress, is a lion among kings.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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