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Thirukkural 584

Chapter 59: ஒற்றாடல் (Detectives) · Wealth

Kural 584

வினைசெய்வார் தம்சுற்றம் வேண்டாதார் என்றாங்கு
அனைவரையும் ஆராய்வது ஒற்று.

Vinaiseyvaar Thamsutram Ventaadhaar Endraangu
Anaivaraiyum Aaraaivadhu Otru

His officers, his friends, his enemies, All these who watch are trusty spies

Meaning

He is a spy who watches all men, to wit, those who are in the king's employment, his relatives, and 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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