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Chapter 57: வெருவந்த செய்யாமை

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 57

Kural 565

வெருவந்த செய்யாமை

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திருக்குறள்

அருஞ்செவ்வி இன்னா முகத்தான் பெருஞ்செல்வம் பேஎய்கண் டன்னது உடைத்து.

Arunjevvi Innaa Mukaththaan Perunjelvam Peeykan Tannadhu Utaiththu

“Whose sight is scarce, whose face is foul His wealth seems watched by a ghoul”

Whom subjects scarce may see, of harsh forbidding countenance;His ample wealth shall waste, blasted by demon's glance

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Kural #565

The Wealth of a Shadow

The story illustrates how Vikram's sternness and lack of accessibility made his wealth meaningless, reflecting the Kural's warning. The great wealth of him who is difficult of access and possesses a sternness of countenance, is like that which has been obtained by a devil

8–14 yr 2 min