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Thirukkural 708

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

Kural 708

முகம்நோக்கி நிற்க அமையும் அகம்நோக்கி
உற்ற துணர்வார்ப் பெறின்.

Mukamnokki Nirka Amaiyum Akamnokki
Utra Thunarvaarp Perin

To see the face is quite enough, in presence brought, When men can look within and know the lurking thought

Meaning

If the king gets those who by looking into his mind can understand (and remove) what has occurred (to him) it is enough that he stand looking at their face.

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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