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Thirukkural 549

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Kural 549

குடிபுறங் காத்தோம்பிக் குற்றம் கடிதல்
வடுவன்று வேந்தன் தொழில்.

Kutipurang Kaaththompik Kutram Katidhal
Vatuvandru Vendhan Thozhil

Abroad to guard, at home to punish, bringsNo just reproach; 'tis work assigned to kings

Meaning

In guarding his subjects (against injury from others), and in preserving them himself; to punish crime.

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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