TirukuralA daily chapter from South Indian saint Tiruvalluvar's Tirukural, 'Holy Couplets.' |
Chapter 55: Just Reign
Kural 541Investigate well, show favor to none, maintain impartiality, Kural 542All the world looks to the rain cloud for sustenance. Kural 543Even the Vedas of the brahmins and all dharma therein Kural 544The world embraces the feet of a great kingdom's monarch Kural 545Rain and rich harvests arise together Kural 546Victory is not won by the lance, Kural 547The potentate protects the whole world, Kural 548An inaccessible ruler who listens and adjudicates inattentively Kural 549No fault befalls a king who, in guarding and caring for his subjects, Kural 550A ruler's punishing cruel criminals by execution |
Click for details on Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami's next mission. These daily couplets are drawn from Saint Tiruvalluvar's Tirukural, an ethical masterpiece written over 2,200 years ago in South India. This American English translation, known as Weaver's Wisdom, is available at our Minimela online store.
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