Kural 541<\/p>\n
Investigate well, show favor to none, maintain impartiality,
\nconsult the law, then give judgment–that is the way of justice.
\nKural 542<\/p>\n
All the world looks to the rain cloud for sustenance.
\nAll the people look to the king’s scepter for protection.
\nKural 543<\/p>\n
Even the Vedas of the brahmins and all dharma therein
\nrely on the sovereign’s sturdy staff for sustenance.
\nKural 544<\/p>\n
The world embraces the feet of a great kingdom’s monarch
\nwho lovingly embraces subjects under his justice-wielding scepter.
\nKural 545<\/p>\n
Rain and rich harvests arise together
\nin a country whose sovereign ruler raises his rod lawfully.
\nKural 546<\/p>\n
Victory is not won by the lance,
\nbut by the king’s scepter, provided it is not crooked.
\nKural 547<\/p>\n
The potentate protects the whole world,
\nand Justice protects him if he does not stray from Her.
\nKural 548<\/p>\n
An inaccessible ruler who listens and adjudicates inattentively
\nwill inevitably plummet from power and perish.
\nKural 549<\/p>\n
No fault befalls a king who, in guarding and caring for his subjects,
\npunishes wrongdoers–for that is his duty.
\nKural 550<\/p>\n
A ruler’s punishing cruel criminals by execution
\nis like a gardener’s removing weeds from his garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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