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Thirukkural 697

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

Kural 697

வேட்பன சொல்லி வினையில எஞ்ஞான்றும்
கேட்பினும் சொல்லா விடல்.

Vetpana Solli Vinaiyila Egngnaandrum
Ketpinum Sollaa Vital

Speak pleasant things, but never utter idle word; Not though by monarch's ears with pleasure heard

Meaning

Ministers should (always) give agreeable advice but on no occasion recommend useless actions, though requested (to do so).

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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