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Thirukkural 554

Chapter 56: கொடுங்கோன்மை (The Cruel Sceptre) · Wealth

Kural 554

கூழுங் குடியும் ஒருங்கிழக்கும் கோல்கோடிச்
சூழாது செய்யும் அரசு.

Koozhung Kutiyum Orungizhakkum Kolkotich
Choozhaadhu Seyyum Arasu

Whose rod from right deflects, who counsel doth refuse, At once his wealth and people utterly shall lose

Meaning

The king, who, without reflecting (on its evil consequences), perverts justice, will lose at once both his wealth and his subjects.

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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