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Thirukkural 528

Chapter 53: சுற்றந் தழால் (Cherishing Kinsmen) · Wealth

Kural 528

பொதுநோக்கான் வேந்தன் வரிசையா நோக்கின்
அதுநோக்கி வாழ்வார் பலர்.

Podhunokkaan Vendhan Varisaiyaa Nokkin
Adhunokki Vaazhvaar Palar

Where king regards not all alike, but each in his degree,'Neath such discerning rule many dwell happily

Meaning

Many relatives will live near a king, when they observe that he does not look on all alike, but that he looks on each man according to his merit.

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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