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Thirukkural 512

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

Kural 512

வாரி பெருக்கி வளம்படுத்து உற்றவை
ஆராய்வான் செய்க வினை.

Vaari Perukki Valampatuththu Utravai
Aaraaivaan Seyka Vinai

Who swells the revenues, spreads plenty o'er the land, Seeks out what hinders progress, his the workman's hand

Meaning

Let him do (the king's) work who can enlarge the sources (of revenue), increase wealth and considerately prevent the accidents (which would destroy it).

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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