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Kural 385
இறைமாட்சி
The Greatness of a King
இயற்றலும் ஈட்டலுங் காத்தலும் காத்த
வகுத்தலும் வல்ல தரசு.
Iyatralum Eettalung Kaaththalum Kaaththa / Vakuththalum Valla Tharasu
English
The able king gets, stores and guards And spends them for people's safeguards
— A king is he who treasure gains, stores up, defends,And duly for his kingdom's weal expends
He is a king who is able to acquire (wealth), to lay it up, to guard, and to distribute it