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Thirukkural 502

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

Kural 502

குடிப்பிறந்து குற்றத்தின் நீங்கி வடுப்பரியும்
நாணுடையான் சுட்டே தெளிவு.

Kutippirandhu Kutraththin Neengi Vatuppariyum
Naanutaiyaan Sutte Thelivu

Of noble race, of faultless worth, of generous prideThat shrinks from shame or stain; in him may king confide

Meaning

(The king's) choice should (fall) on him, who is of good family, who is free from faults, and who has the modesty which fears the wounds (of sin).

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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