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Thirukkural 563

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

Kural 563

வெருவந்த செய்தொழுகும் வெங்கோல னாயின்
ஒருவந்தம் ஒல்லைக் கெடும்.

Veruvandha Seydhozhukum Vengola Naayin
Oruvandham Ollaik Ketum

Where subjects dread of cruel wrongs endure, Ruin to unjust king is swift and sure

Meaning

The cruel-sceptred king, who acts so as to put his subjects in fear, will certainly and quickly come to ruin.

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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