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Thirukkural 703

Chapter 71: குறிப்பறிதல் (The Knowledge of Indications) · Wealth

Kural 703

குறிப்பிற் குறிப்புணர் வாரை உறுப்பினுள்
யாது கொடுத்தும் கொளல்.

Kurippir Kurippunar Vaarai Uruppinul
Yaadhu Kotuththum Kolal

Who by the sign the signs interprets plain, Give any member up his aid to gain

Meaning

The king should ever give whatever (is asked) of his belongings and secure him who, by the indications (of his own mind) is able to read those of another.

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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