Wealth
Chapter 49 – Knowing the fitting Time / Kaalamaridhal
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 481 A crow will conquer owl in broad daylight; The king that foes would crush, needs fitting […]...
Chapter 50 – Knowing the Place / Idanaridhal
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 491 Begin no work of war, depise no foe, Till place where you can wholly circumvent you […]...
Chapter 51 Selection and Confidence / Therindhudhelidhal
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 501 How treats he virtue, wealth and pleasure? How, when life’s at stake, Comports himself? This four-fold […]...
Chapter 52 – Selection and Employment / Therindhuvinaiyaatal
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 511 Who good and evil scanning, ever makes the good his joy; Such man of virtuous mood […]...
Chapter 53 – Cherishing Kinsmen / Sutrandhazhaal
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 521 When wealth is fled, old kindness still to show, Is kindly grace that only kinsmen know. […]...
Chapter 54 – Unforgetfulness / Pochchaavaamai
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 531 ‘Tis greater ill, it rapture of o’erweening gladness to the soul Bring self-forgetfulness than if transcendent […]...
Chapter 55 – The Right Sceptre / Sengonmai
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 541 Search out, to no one favour show; with heart that justice loves Consult, then act; this […]...
Chapter 56 – The Cruel Sceptre / Kotungonmai
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 551 Than one who plies the murderer’s trade, more cruel is the king Who all injustice works, […]...