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Thirukkural 638

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

Kural 638

அறிகொன்று அறியான் எனினும் உறுதி
உழையிருந்தான் கூறல் கடன்.

Arikondru Ariyaan Eninum Urudhi
Uzhaiyirundhaan Kooral Katan

'Tis duty of the man in place aloud to sayThe very truth, though unwise king may cast his words away

Meaning

Although the king be utterly ignorant, it is the duty of the minister to give (him) sound advice.

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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