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Thirukkural 436

Chapter 44: குற்றங்கடிதல் (The Correction of Faults) · Wealth

Kural 436

தன்குற்றம் நீக்கிப் பிறர்குற்றங் காண்கிற்பின்
என்குற்ற மாகும் இறைக்கு?

Thankutram Neekkip Pirarkutrang Kaankirpin
Enkutra Maakum Iraikku?

Faultless the king who first his own faults cures, and thenPermits himself to scan faults of other men

Meaning

What fault will remain in the king who has put away his own evils, and looks after the evils of others.

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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