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Thirukkural 448

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

Kural 448

இடிப்பாரை இல்லாத ஏமரா மன்னன்
கெடுப்பா ரிலானுங் கெடும்.

Itippaarai Illaadha Emaraa Mannan
Ketuppaa Rilaanung Ketum

The king with none to censure him, bereft of safeguards all, Though none his ruin work, shall surely ruined fall

Meaning

The king, who is without the guard of men who can rebuke him, will perish, even though there be no one to destroy 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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