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Thirukkural 588

Chapter 59: ஒற்றாடல் (Detectives) · Wealth

Kural 588

ஒற்றொற்றித் தந்த பொருளையும் மற்றுமோர்
ஒற்றினால் ஒற்றிக் கொளல்.

Otrotrith Thandha Porulaiyum Matrumor
Otrinaal Otrik Kolal

Spying by spies, the things they tellTo test by other spies is well

Meaning

Let not a king receive the information which a spy has discovered and made known to him, until he has examined it by another spy.

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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