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Thirukkural 740

Kural 740

ஆங்கமை வெய்தியக் கண்ணும் பயமின்றே
வேந்தமை வில்லாத நாடு.

Aangamai Veydhiyak Kannum Payamindre
Vendhamai Villaadha Naatu

Though blest with all these varied gifts' increase, A land gains nought that is not with its king at peace

Meaning

Although in possession of all the above mentioned excellences, these are indeed of no use to a country, in the absence of harmony between the sovereign and the sujects.

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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