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Thirukkural 562

Chapter 57: வெருவந்த செய்யாமை (Absence of Terrorism) · Wealth

Kural 562

கடிதோச்சி மெல்ல எறிக நெடிதாக்கம்
நீங்காமை வேண்டு பவர்.

Katidhochchi Mella Erika Netidhaakkam
Neengaamai Ventu Pavar

For length of days with still increasing joys on Heav'n who call, Should raise the rod with brow severe, but let it gently fall

Meaning

Let the king, who desires that his prosperity may long remain, commence his preliminary enquires with strictness, and then punish with mildness.

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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