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Chapter 71: குறிப்பறிதல்

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 71

Kural 710

குறிப்பறிதல்

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திருக்குறள்

நுண்ணியம் என்பார் அளக்குங்கோல் காணுங்கால் கண்ணல்லது இல்லை பிற.

Nunniyam Enpaar Alakkungol Kaanungaal Kannalladhu Illai Pira

“The scale of keen discerning minds Is eye and eye that secrets finds”

The men of keen discerning soul no other test apply(When you their secret ask) than man's revealing eye

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Kural #710

The Minister and the Measuring Rod

The story illustrates how relying only on one's own eyes/perception instead of objective tools leads to error, as per the Kural. The measuring-rod of those (ministers) who say "we are acute" will on inquiry be found to be their (own) eyes and nothing else

8–14 yr 2 min