The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 691

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Conduct in the Presence of the King · Wealth & public life

அகலாது அணுகாது தீக்காய்வார் போல்க இகல்வேந்தர்ச் சேர்ந்தொழுகு வார்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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அகலாது அணுகாது தீக்காய்வார் போல்க இகல்வேந்தர்ச் சேர்ந்தொழுகு வார்.

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Who warm them at the fire draw not too near, nor keep too much aloof; Thus let them act who dwell beneath of warlike kings the palace-roof.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain