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Thirukkural 519

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

Kural 519

வினைக்கண் வினையுடையான் கேண்மைவே றாக
நினைப்பானை நீங்கும் திரு.

Vinaikkan Vinaiyutaiyaan Kenmaive Raaka
Ninaippaanai Neengum Thiru

Fortune deserts the king who ill can bear, Informal friendly ways of men his tolls who share

Meaning

Prosperity will leave (the king) who doubts the friendship of the man who steadily labours in the discharge of his duties.

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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