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Thirukkural 511

Chapter 52: தெரிந்து வினையாடல் (Selection and Employment) · Wealth

Kural 511

நன்மையும் தீமையும் நாடி நலம்புரிந்த
தன்மையான் ஆளப் படும்.

Nanmaiyum Theemaiyum Naati Nalampurindha
Thanmaiyaan Aalap Patum

Who good and evil scanning, ever makes the good his joy; Such man of virtuous mood should king employ

Meaning

He should be employed (by a king), whose nature leads him to choose the good, after having weighed both the evil and the good in any undertaking.

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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