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Thirukkural 447

Chapter 45: பெரியாரைத் துணைக்கோடல் (Seeking the Aid of Great Men) · Wealth

Kural 447

இடிக்குந் துணையாரை யாள்வரை யாரே
கெடுக்குந் தகைமை யவர்.

Itikkun Thunaiyaarai Yaalvarai Yaare
Ketukkun Thakaimai Yavar

What power can work his fall, who faithful ministersEmploys, that thunder out reproaches when he errs

Meaning

Who are great enough to destroy him who has servants that have power to rebuke him ?

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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