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Thirukkural 589

Chapter 59: ஒற்றாடல் (Detectives) · Wealth

Kural 589

ஒற்றெற் றுணராமை ஆள்க உடன்மூவர்
சொற்றொக்க தேறப் படும்.

Otrer Runaraamai Aalka Utanmoovar
Sotrokka Therap Patum

One spy must not another see: contrive it so; And things by three confirmed as truth you know

Meaning

Let a king employ spies so that one may have no knowledge of the other; and when the information of three agrees together, let him receive it.

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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