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Thirukkural 559

Chapter 56: கொடுங்கோன்மை (The Cruel Sceptre) · Wealth

Kural 559

முறைகோடி மன்னவன் செய்யின் உறைகோடி
ஒல்லாது வானம் பெயல்.

Muraikoti Mannavan Seyyin Uraikoti
Ollaadhu Vaanam Peyal

Where king from right deflecting, makes unrighteous gain, The seasons change, the clouds pour down no rain

Meaning

If the king acts contrary to justice, rain will become unseasonable, and the heavens will withhold their showers.

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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