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Chapter 39: இறைமாட்சி

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 39

Kural 385

இறைமாட்சி

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திருக்குறள்

இயற்றலும் ஈட்டலுங் காத்தலும் காத்த வகுத்தலும் வல்ல தரசு.

Iyatralum Eettalung Kaaththalum Kaaththa Vakuththalum Valla Tharasu

“The able king gets, stores and guards And spends them for people's safeguards”

A king is he who treasure gains, stores up, defends,And duly for his kingdom's weal expends

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Kural #385

Kadir and the Golden Harvest

The story illustrates the four pillars of the Kural: acquiring wealth, storing it, protecting it from loss, and distributing it for the common good. He is a king who is able to acquire (wealth), to lay it up, to guard, and to distribute it

6–10 yr 1 min