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Thirukkural 504

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

Kural 504

குணம்நாடிக் குற்றமும் நாடி அவற்றுள்
மிகைநாடி மிக்க கொளல்.

Kunamnaatik Kutramum Naati Avatrul
Mikainaati Mikka Kolal

Weigh well the good of each, his failings closely scan, As these or those prevail, so estimate the man

Meaning

Let (a king) consider (a man's) good qualities, as well as his faults, and then judge (of his character) by that which prevails.

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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