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Thirukkural 709

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

Kural 709

பகைமையும் கேண்மையும் கண்ணுரைக்கும் கண்ணின்
வகைமை உணர்வார்ப் பெறின்.

Pakaimaiyum Kenmaiyum Kannuraikkum Kannin
Vakaimai Unarvaarp Perin

The eye speaks out the hate or friendly soul of man; To those who know the eye's swift varying moods to scan

Meaning

If a king gets ministers who can read the movements of the eye, the eyes (of foreign kings) will (themselves) reveal (to him) their hatred or friendship.

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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