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Thirukkural 693

Chapter 70: மன்னரைச் சேர்ந்து ஒழுகல் (Conduct in the Presence of the King) · Wealth

Kural 693

போற்றின் அரியவை போற்றல் கடுத்தபின்
தேற்றுதல் யார்க்கும் அரிது.

Potrin Ariyavai Potral Katuththapin
Thetrudhal Yaarkkum Aridhu

Who would walk warily, let him of greater faults beware; To clear suspicions once aroused is an achievement rare

Meaning

Ministers who would save themselves should avoid (the commission of) serious errors for if the king's suspicion is once roused, no one can remove 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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