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Thirukkural 633

Chapter 64: அமைச்சு (The Office of Minister of state) · Wealth

Kural 633

பிரித்தலும் பேணிக் கொளலும் பிரிந்தார்ப்
பொருத்தலும் வல்ல தமைச்சு.

Piriththalum Penik Kolalum Pirindhaarp
Poruththalum Valla Thamaichchu

A minister is he whose power can foes divide, Attach more firmly friends, of severed ones can heal the breaches wide

Meaning

The minister is one who can effect discord (among foes), maintain the good-will of his friends and restore to friendship those who have seceded (from him).

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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