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Enter Poem or Quote (Required)Required Further qualities of the King* the THIRUK-KURAL lauds: IRAMAADTCHI - Canto 39, K381 and K382 [*modern-day "kings": presidents, prime and chief ministers, governors, dictators and the like; K381 & K382 have already been posted.] K383: thuungkaamai kalvi thunivudaimai immuuntrum niingkaa nilanaal pavarkku A sleepless promptitude, knowledge, decision strong: These three for aye [sic] to rulers of the land belong. (Transl. G.U. Pope) These three things, viz., vigilance, learning, and bravery, should never be wanting in the ruler of the country. (Transl. Drew & Lazarus) Not being lulled to sleep, always acquiring knowledge and fearlessly assuming the lead - these three qualities crown the king of a country. (Transl. T. Wignesan) K384: aranilukkaathu allavai* niikki maran*ilukkaa maanam* udaiyathu arasu [* "allavai" = sins, evils, unreal things; "maran" = bravery; "maanam" = honour] Kingship, in virtue failing not, all vice restrains, In courage failing not, it honour's grace maintains. (Transl. G.U. Pope) He is a king who, with manly modesty, swerves not from virtue, and refrains from vice. (Transl. Drew & Lazarus) Always virtuous, eschewing evil, heroic in deed and honour-bound - of such mettle the sovereign should be.* (Transl. T. Wignesan) [* Which leader in our world embodies the dictates (and constraints) in this maxim? One often goes to war for seemingly righteous causes, sacrificing foot-soldier lives in order to fill some "cartel's" private coffers; or one might endeavour to boost the growth rate by half a dozen % points only to draw the polar ice-caps down on our children's heads and throats; one might build the finest sky-scrapers of the future megalopolises on the slave-wages of indentured immigrant labour only to deprive them of human rights in the name of the Supreme Creator; one might nonchalantly let city-centres choke in the fumes of carbon monoxide and let human excreta pile up on the roadsides in the name of cultural and spiritual enhancement through the pomp of rallies and manifestations on a grand scale and for what? - to keep the soul purified? - while the "kings" of spiritual development rely still on the divine right to rule the poor bugger down below, conditioned by words from the cradle! ] T. Wignesan, June 29, 2017 © T. Wignesan - Paris, 2017
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