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Thirukkural 557

Chapter 56: கொடுங்கோன்மை (The Cruel Sceptre) · Wealth

Kural 557

துளியின்மை ஞாலத்திற்கு எற்றற்றே வேந்தன்
அளியின்மை வாழும் உயிர்க்கு.

Thuliyinmai Gnaalaththirku Etratre Vendhan
Aliyinmai Vaazhum Uyirkku

As lack of rain to thirsty lands beneath, Is lack of grace in kings to all that breathe

Meaning

As is the world without rain, so live a people whose king is without kindness.

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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