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Thirukkural 545

Chapter 55: செங்கோன்மை (The Right Sceptre) · Wealth

Kural 545

இயல்புளிக் கோலோச்சும் மன்னவன் நாட்ட
பெயலும் விளையுளும் தொக்கு.

Iyalpulik Kolochchum Mannavan Naatta
Peyalum Vilaiyulum Thokku

Where king, who righteous laws regards, the sceptre wields, There fall the showers, there rich abundance crowns the fields

Meaning

Rain and plentiful crops will ever dwell together in the country of the king who sways his sceptre with justice.

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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