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Thirukkural 897

Chapter 90: பெரியாரைப் பிழையாமை (Not Offending the Great) · Wealth

Kural 897

வகைமாண்ட வாழ்க்கையும் வான்பொருளும் என்னாம்
தகைமாண்ட தக்கார் செறின்.

Vakaimaanta Vaazhkkaiyum Vaanporulum Ennaam
Thakaimaanta Thakkaar Serin

Though every royal gift, and stores of wealth your life should crown, What are they, if the worthy men of mighty virtue frown

Meaning

If a king incurs the wrath of the righteous great, what will become of his government with its splendid auxiliaries and (all) its untold wealth ?

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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