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Thirukkural 501

Chapter 51: தெரிந்து தெளிதல் (Selection and Confidence) · Wealth

Kural 501

அறம்பொருள் இன்பம் உயிரச்சம் நான்கின்
திறந்தெரிந்து தேறப் படும்.

Aramporul Inpam Uyirachcham Naankin
Thirandherindhu Therap Patum

How treats he virtue, wealth and pleasure? How, when life's at stake, Comports himself? This four-fold test of man will full assurance make

Meaning

Let (a minister) be chosen, after he has been tried by means of these four things, viz,-his virtue, (love of) money, (love of) sexual pleasure, and tear of (losing) life.

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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