Thirukkural 436 in English

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Tamil original

தன்குற்றம் நீக்கிப் பிறர்குற்றங் காண்கிற்பின்
என்குற்ற மாகும் இறைக்கு?

Transliteration

Thankutram Neekkip Pirarkutrang Kaankirpin
Enkutra Maakum Iraikku?

English Translation

“What fault can be the king's who cures First his faults, then scans others”

Plain-English meaning

What fault will remain in the king who has put away his own evils, and looks after the evils of others

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English Translation

What fault can be the king's who cures First his faults, then scans others

G.U. Pope Translation

Faultless the king who first his own faults cures, and thenPermits himself to scan faults of other men

Plain-English Meaning

What fault will remain in the king who has put away his own evils, and looks after the evils of others

முதலில் தன் குற்றத்தைக் கண்டு விலக்கிப் பிறகு அடுத்தவர் குற்றத்தைக் காணும் ஆற்றல் மிக்க அரசிற்குக் குற்றம் ஏதும் வராது!

Chapter 44

குற்றங்கடிதல்

Plenty is their prosperity Who're free from wrath pride lust petty

Mean pride, low pleasure, avarice These add blemishes to a prince

Though millet-small their faults might seem Men fearing disgrace, Palm-tall deem

Watch like treasure freedom from fault Our fatal foe is that default

Who fails to guard himself from flaw Loses his life like flame-lit straw

What fault can be the king's who cures First his faults, then scans others

That miser's wealth shall waste and end Who would not for a good cause spend

The gripping greed of miser's heart Is more than fault the worst apart

Never boast yourself in any mood Nor do a deed that does no good

All designs of the foes shall fail If one his wishes guards in veil