Thirukkural 506 in English
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Tamil original
அற்றாரைத் தேறுதல் ஓம்புக மற்றவர்
பற்றிலர் நாணார் பழி.
Transliteration
Atraaraith Therudhal Ompuka Matravar
Patrilar Naanaar Pazhi
Modern English
“Be careful about giving power to someone who feels no responsibility to others or to their own reputation.”
Modern Interpretation
Be careful about giving power to someone who feels no responsibility to others or to their own reputation. For example, a group should not hand its shared funds to a person who thinks no one can hold them accountable.
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Modern Plain English
Be careful about giving power to someone who feels no responsibility to others or to their own reputation.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Choose not those men without kinsmen Without affine or shame of sin
G.U. Pope Translation
Beware of trusting men who have no kith of kin;No bonds restrain such men, no shame deters from sin
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Let (a king) avoid choosing men who have no relations; such men have no attachment, and thereforehave no fear of crime
Tamil commentary
உறவு பலம் இல்லாதவரைப் பதவிகளுக்குத் தெரிவு செய்வதைத் தவிர்க்கவும் ஏன் எனில், அவர்களுக்குப் பந்த பாசம் இல்லை. பழிக்கு வெட்கப்படவுமாட்டார்.
Chapter 51
More from Selection and Confidence
தெரிந்து தெளிதல்
Pleasure, gold, fear of life Virtue- Test by these four and trust the true
Kural 502Spotless name of noble birth Shamed of stain-that choice is worth
Kural 503Though deep scholars of stainless sense Rare is freedom from ignorance
Kural 504Good and evil in man weigh well Judge him by virtues which prevail
Kural 505By the touchstone of deeds is seen If any one is great or mean
Kural 506Choose not those men without kinsmen Without affine or shame of sin
Kural 507On favour leaning fools you choose; Folly in all its forms ensues
Kural 508To trust an untried stranger brings Endless troubles on all our kins
Kural 509Trust not without testing and then Find proper work for trusted men
Kural 510Trust without test; The trusted doubt; Both entail troubles in and out