Thirukkural 448 in English

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Tamil original

இடிப்பாரை இல்லாத ஏமரா மன்னன்
கெடுப்பா ரிலானுங் கெடும்.

Transliteration

Itippaarai Illaadha Emaraa Mannan
Ketuppaa Rilaanung Ketum

English Translation

“The careless king whom none reproves Ruins himself sans harmful foes”

Plain-English meaning

The king, who is without the guard of men who can rebuke him, will perish, even though there be no one to destroy him

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English Translation

The careless king whom none reproves Ruins himself sans harmful foes

G.U. Pope Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

The king, who is without the guard of men who can rebuke him, will perish, even though there be no one to destroy him

தீயன கண்டபோது கடிந்து சொல்லும் துறைப் பெரியவரைத் துணையாகக் கொள்ளாத பாதுகாப்பு அற்ற அரசு, அதைக் கெடுப்பார் இல்லாமலேயே தானாகவே கெடும்.

Chapter 45

பெரியாரைத் துணைக்கோடல்

Weigh their worth and friendship gain Of men of virtue and mature brain

Cherish the help of men of skill Who ward and safe-guard you from ill

Honour and have the great your own Is rarest of the rare things known

To have betters as intimates Power of all powers promotes

Ministers are the monarch's eyes Round him should be the right and wise

To move with worthy friends who knows Has none to fear from frightful foes

No foe can foil his powers whose friends reprove him when he errs

The careless king whom none reproves Ruins himself sans harmful foes

No capital, no gain in trade No prop secure sans good comrade

To give up good friends is ten times worse Than being hated by countless foes