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Chapter 71: குறிப்பறிதல்

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 71

Kural 701

குறிப்பறிதல்

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திருக்குறள்

கூறாமை நோக்கக் குறிப்பறிவான் எஞ்ஞான்றும் மாறாநீர் வையக் கணி.

Kooraamai Nokkake Kuripparivaan Egngnaandrum Maaraaneer Vaiyak Kani

“Who reads the mind by look, untold Adorns the changeless sea-girt world”

Who knows the sign, and reads unuttered thought, the gem is he,Of earth round traversed by the changeless sea

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Kural #701

The Language of Silence

The story illustrates how Aditya understood the King's unspoken anxiety through his expressions, mirroring the Kural. The minister who by looking (at the king) understands his mind without being told (of it), will be a perpetual ornament to the world which is surrounded by a never-drying sea

8–14 yr 2 min