Part II: On Wealth<\/p>\n
Section V: Royalty<\/p>\n
Chapter 39: The Merits of the King<\/p>\n
Kural 381<\/p>\n
He is lion among kings who is well endowed with these six:
\narmy, citizens, wealth, ministers, allies and fortresses.
\nKural 382<\/p>\n
There are four attributes that cannot be absent in a king:
\nfearlessness, generosity, wisdom and industriousness.
\nKural 383<\/p>\n
In those who rule the land, three traits must never lapse:
\nvigilance, valor and virtuous learning.
\nKural 384<\/p>\n
The noble king is unswerving in virtue, restrains wrongdoing
\nand courageously maintains his honor.
\nKural 385<\/p>\n
He who can produce a treasury of wealth, deposit it,
\npreserve it and apportion it wisely–now, that is a king!
\nKural 386<\/p>\n
All peoples praise that nation whose sovereign
\nis always accessible and never speaks harshly.
\nKural 387<\/p>\n
Behold the king who speaks graciously, gives generously and
\nprotects powerfully–the world considers his word its command.
\nKural 388<\/p>\n
Ruling righteously himself and safeguarding his subjects,
\na monarch may be deemed divine by his people.
\nKural 389<\/p>\n
The world lives protected beneath the umbrella
\nof an ethical leader who can endure words bitter to the ear.
\nKural 390<\/p>\n
He is a light among rulers who is endowed with the four merits
\nof generosity, graciousness, justice and care for the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Part II: On Wealth Section V: Royalty Chapter 39: The Merits of the King Kural 381 He is lion among kings who is well endowed with these six: army, citizens, wealth, ministers, allies and fortresses. Kural 382 There are four attributes that cannot be absent in a king: fearlessness, generosity, wisdom and industriousness. Kural 383 In those who rule the land, three traits must never lapse: vigilance, valor and virtuous learning. Kural 384 The noble king is unswerving in virtue, restrains wrongdoing and courageously maintains his honor. Kural 385 He who can produce a treasury of wealth, deposit it, preserve <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tirukural","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}