Thirukkural 735 in English
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Tamil original
பல்குழுவும் பாழ்செய்யும் உட்பகையும் வேந்தலைக்கும்
கொல்குறும்பும் இல்லது நாடு.
Transliteration
Palkuzhuvum Paazhseyyum Utpakaiyum Vendhalaikkum
Kolkurumpum Illadhu Naatu
Modern English
“A good country is not torn apart by destructive factions, hidden internal sabotage, or violent gangs that threaten public life.”
Modern Interpretation
A good country is not torn apart by destructive factions, hidden internal sabotage, or violent gangs that threaten public life. A neighborhood becomes unsafe when rival groups undermine every shared project and intimidation replaces cooperation.
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Modern Plain English
A good country is not torn apart by destructive factions, hidden internal sabotage, or violent gangs that threaten public life.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Sects and ruinous foes are nil No traitors in a land tranquil
G.U. Pope Translation
From factions free, and desolating civil strife, and bandOf lurking murderers that king afflict, that is the 'land'
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
A kingdom is that which is without various (irregular) associations, destructive internal enemies, and murderous savages who (sometimes) harass the sovereign
Tamil commentary
சாதி, சமய, அரசியல், கருத்து முரண்பாடுகளால் வளரும் பல்வேறு குழுக்கள், கூட இருந்தே குழி பறிக்கும் சொந்தக் கட்சியினர், அரசை நெரக்கடிக்கு உள்ளாக்கும் சிறு கலகக்காரர்கள் (ரௌடிகள், தாதாக்கள், வட்டாரப் போக்கிரிகள்) ஆகியோர் இல்லாது இருப்பதே நாடு.
Chapter 74
More from The Land
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It's country which has souls of worth Unfailing yields and ample wealth
Kural 732The Land has large luring treasure Where pests are nil and yields are sure
Kural 733It's land that bears pressing burdens And pays its tax which king demands
Kural 734It is country which is free from Fierce famine, plague and foemen's harm
Kural 735Sects and ruinous foes are nil No traitors in a land tranquil
Kural 736The land of lands no ruin knows Even in grief its wealth yet grows
Kural 737Waters up and down, hills and streams With strong forts as limbs country beams
Kural 738Rich yield, delight, defence and wealth Are jewels of lands with blooming health
Kural 739A land is land which yields unsought Needing hard work the land is nought
Kural 740Though a land has thus every thing It is worthless without a king