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Chapter 52: தெரிந்து வினையாடல்

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 52

Kural 511

தெரிந்து வினையாடல்

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திருக்குறள்

நன்மையும் தீமையும் நாடி நலம்புரிந்த தன்மையான் ஆளப் படும்.

Nanmaiyum Theemaiyum Naati Nalampurindha Thanmaiyaan Aalap Patum

“Employ the wise who will discern The good and bad and do good turn”

Who good and evil scanning, ever makes the good his joy;Such man of virtuous mood should king employ

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Kural #511

Kadir's Wise Choice

The story reflects the Kural by showing how Kadir evaluates both the immediate gain (evil/short-term) and the long-term benefit (good) before acting. He should be employed (by a king), whose nature leads him to choose the good, after having weighed both the evil and the good in any undertaking

8–14 yr 1 min