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Thirukkural 736

Kural 736

கேடறியாக் கெட்ட இடத்தும் வளங்குன்றா
நாடென்ப நாட்டின் தலை.

Ketariyaak Ketta Itaththum Valangundraa
Naatenpa Naattin Thalai

Chief of all lands is that, where nought disturbs its peace; Or, if invaders come, still yields its rich increase

Meaning

The learned say that the best kingdom is that which knows no evil (from its foes), and, if injured (at all), suffers no diminution in its fruitfulness.

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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