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Chapter 48: வலியறிதல்

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 48

Kural 478

வலியறிதல்

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திருக்குறள்

ஆகாறு அளவிட்டி தாயினுங் கேடில்லை போகாறு அகலாக் கடை.

Aakaaru Alavitti Thaayinung Ketillai Pokaaru Akalaak Katai

“The outflow must not be excess No matter how small income is”

Incomings may be scant; but yet, no failure there,If in expenditure you rightly learn to spare

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Kural #478

The Little Seed of Wisdom

The story illustrates that controlling outgoings is more important than the size of one's income, mirroring the Kural. Even though the income (of a king) be small, it will not cause his (ruin), if his outgoings be not larger than his income

6–10 yr 1 min