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Thirukkural 390

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

Kural 390

கொடையளி செங்கோல் குடியோம்பல் நான்கும்
உடையானாம் வேந்தர்க் கொளி.

Kotaiyali Sengol Kutiyompal Naankum
Utaiyaanaam Vendhark Koli

Gifts, grace, right sceptre, care of people's weal; These four a light of dreaded kings reveal

Meaning

He is the light of kings who has there four things, beneficence, benevolence, rectitude, and care for his people.

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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