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Chapter 59: ஒற்றாடல்

On Wealth & Statecraft Kingship Chapter 59

Kural 588

ஒற்றாடல்

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திருக்குறள்

ஒற்றொற்றித் தந்த பொருளையும் மற்றுமோர் ஒற்றினால் ஒற்றிக் கொளல்.

Otrotrith Thandha Porulaiyum Matrumor Otrinaal Otrik Kolal

“The reports given by one spy By another spy verify”

Spying by spies, the things they tellTo test by other spies is well

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Kural #588

The Second Look

The story illustrates the Kural's wisdom that a leader should not act on a single spy's report without verification from another. Let not a king receive the information which a spy has discovered and made known to him, until he has examined it by another spy

8–14 yr 2 min