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Chapter 57: வெருவந்த செய்யாமை

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 57

Kural 568

வெருவந்த செய்யாமை

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இனத்தாற்றி எண்ணாத வேந்தன் சினத்தாற்றிச் சீறிற் சிறுகும் திரு.

Inaththaatri Ennaadha Vendhan Sinaththaatrich Cheerir Sirukum Thiru

“The king who would not take counsels Rages with wrath-his fortune fails”

Who leaves the work to those around, and thinks of it no more;If he in wrathful mood reprove, his prosperous days are o'er

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Kural #568

King Vikram and the Lesson of Responsibility

The story illustrates the Kural by showing how Vikram's failure to oversee his minister's work and his subsequent anger led to a loss of harmony. The prosperity of that king will waste away, who without reflecting (on his affairs himself), commits them to his ministers, and (when a failure occurs) gives way to anger, and rages against them

8–14 yr 2 min