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Thirukkural 385

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

Kural 385

இயற்றலும் ஈட்டலுங் காத்தலும் காத்த
வகுத்தலும் வல்ல தரசு.

Iyatralum Eettalung Kaaththalum Kaaththa
Vakuththalum Valla Tharasu

A king is he who treasure gains, stores up, defends, And duly for his kingdom's weal expends

Meaning

He is a king who is able to acquire (wealth), to lay it up, to guard, and to distribute it.

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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