{"id":7501,"date":"2017-10-12T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T02:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=7501"},"modified":"2017-08-01T17:21:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:21:14","slug":"tirukural-section-vii-qualities-of-a-country-chapter-74-the-country-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/tirukural\/tirukural-section-vii-qualities-of-a-country-chapter-74-the-country-2","title":{"rendered":"Tirukural.Section VII: Qualities of a Country.  Chapter 74: The Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4869 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd_\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"283\" \/>Kural 731<\/p>\n<p>Where unfailingly fertile fields, worthy men<br \/>\nand wealthy merchants come together&#8211;that is a country!<br \/>\nKural 732<\/p>\n<p>A land coveted for its vast wealth, free from calamities<br \/>\nand yielding in abundance is indeed a country.<br \/>\nKural 733<\/p>\n<p>Call that a nation which bears every burden that befalls it,<br \/>\nyet pays in full all tariffs owed to the king.<br \/>\nKural 734<\/p>\n<p>Free of famine, endless epidemics and ravaging foes&#8211;<br \/>\nnow that is a flourishing country.<br \/>\nKural 735<\/p>\n<p>Proliferating factions, ruinous subversives and murderous gangs<br \/>\nharassing the king&#8211;a real country is free from all these.<br \/>\nKural 736<\/p>\n<p>An incomparable state is one never devastated;<br \/>\nyet if devastated, it would not diminish, but prosper.<br \/>\nKural 737<\/p>\n<p>Rain waters, underground waters and rivers shed from well-situated<br \/>\nmountains, plus strong fortresses, are features of a fine country.<br \/>\nKural 738<\/p>\n<p>Five ornaments adorn a country: good health, abundant harvests,<br \/>\nwealth, happiness and safety from invasions.<br \/>\nKural 739<\/p>\n<p>A land where prosperity comes easily deserves the name country,<br \/>\nnot one where wealth entails laborious toil.<br \/>\nKural 740<\/p>\n<p>Even if a country acquires all these blessings, it is worth nothing<br \/>\nif it lacks harmony between the ruler and the ruled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Kural 731 Where unfailingly fertile fields, worthy men and wealthy merchants come together&#8211;that is a country! Kural 732 A land coveted for its vast wealth, free from calamities and yielding in abundance is indeed a country. Kural 733 Call that a nation which bears every burden that befalls it, yet pays in full all tariffs owed to the king. Kural 734 Free of famine, endless epidemics and ravaging foes&#8211; now that is a flourishing country. Kural 735 Proliferating factions, ruinous subversives and murderous gangs harassing the king&#8211;a real country is free from all these. Kural 736 An incomparable state <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7501","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\/7501","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=7501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}