The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 448

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Seeking the Aid of Great Men · Wealth & public life

இடிப்பாரை இல்லாத ஏமரா மன்னன் கெடுப்பா ரிலானுங் கெடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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இடிப்பாரை இல்லாத ஏமரா மன்னன் கெடுப்பா ரிலானுங் கெடும்.

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The king with none to censure him, bereft of safeguards all, Though none his ruin work, shall surely ruined fall.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain