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Chapter 69: தூது

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 69

Kural 689

தூது

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திருக்குறள்

விடுமாற்றம் வேந்தர்க்கு உரைப்பான் வடுமாற்றம் வாய்சேரா வன்கணவன்.

Vitumaatram Vendharkku Uraippaan Vatumaatram Vaaiseraa Vanka Navan

“The envoy who ports the king's message Has flawless words and heart's courage”

His faltering lips must utter no unworthy thing,Who stands, with steady eye, to speak the mandates of his king

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Kural #689

The Silent Messenger

The story illustrates the Kural's wisdom that a messenger must have the firmness to avoid saying anything that could harm their leader's reputation. He alone is fit to communicate (his sovereign's) reply, who possesses the firmness not to utter even inadvertently what may reflect discredit (on the latter)

8–14 yr 2 min