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Thirukkural 639

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

Kural 639

பழுதெண்ணும் மந்திரியின் பக்கததுள் தெவ்வோர்
எழுபது கோடி உறும்.

Pazhudhennum Mandhiriyin Pakkadhadhul Thevvor
Ezhupadhu Koti Urum

A minister who by king's side plots evil thingsWorse woes than countless foemen brings

Meaning

Far better are seventy crores of enemies (for a king) than a minister at his side who intends (his) ruin.

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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