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Thirukkural 567

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

Kural 567

கடுமொழியும் கையிகந்த தண்டமும் வேந்தன்
அடுமுரண் தேய்க்கும் அரம்.

Katumozhiyum Kaiyikandha Thantamum Vendhan
Atumuran Theykkum Aram

Harsh words and punishments severe beyond the right, Are file that wears away the monarch's conquering might

Meaning

Severe words and excessive punishments will be a file to waste away a king's power for destroying (his enemies).

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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