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Thirukkural 440

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

Kural 440

காதல காதல் அறியாமை உய்க்கிற்பின்
ஏதில ஏதிலார் நூல்.

Kaadhala Kaadhal Ariyaamai Uykkirpin
Edhila Edhilaar Nool

If, to your foes unknown, you cherish what you love, Counsels of men who wish you harm will harmless prove

Meaning

If (a king) enjoys, privately the things which he desires, the designs of his enemies will be useless.

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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