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Thirukkural 556

Chapter 56: கொடுங்கோன்மை (The Cruel Sceptre) · Wealth

Kural 556

மன்னர்க்கு மன்னுதல் செங்கோன்மை அஃதின்றேல்
மன்னாவாம் மன்னர்க் கொளி.

Mannarkku Mannudhal Sengonmai Aqdhindrel
Mannaavaam Mannark Koli

To rulers' rule stability is sceptre right; When this is not, quenched is the rulers' light

Meaning

Righteous government gives permanence to (the fame of) kings; without that their fame will have no endurance.

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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