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Management Concepts in Thirukural
Management Concepts in Thirukural
Management Concepts in Thirukural
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/Chapter: / Energy
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Couplet Explanation:
In all that a king thinks of, let him think of his greatness; and if it should be thrust from him (by fate), it will have the
nature of not being thrust from him.
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/Chapter: / Impartiality
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Forsake in the very moment (of acquisition) that gain which, though it should bring advantage, is without equity
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English Couplet 140:
Who know not with the world in harmony to dwell,
May many things have learned, but nothing well
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Those who know not how to act agreeably to the world, though they have learnt many things, are still ignorant
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/Chapter: / The Possession of Knowledge
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To live as the world lives, is wisdom.
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/Chapter: / The Knowledge of Power
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He will quickly perish who, ignorant of his own resources flatters himself of his greatness, and does not live in peace with his neighbours.
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Let the physician enquire into the (nature of the) disease, its cause and its method of cure and treat it faithfully according to (medical rule).
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/Chapter: / The Knowledge of Power
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There is nothing which may not be accomplished by those who, before they attack (an enemy), make themselves acquainted with their own ability,
and with whatever else is (needful) to be known, and apply themselves wholly to their object.
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/Chapter: / Acting after due Consideration
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Consider, and then undertake a matter; after having undertaken it, to say "We will consider," is folly.
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/Chapter: / Power in Action
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So to perform an act as to publish it (only) at its termination is (true) manliness; for to announce it beforehand, will cause irremediable sorrow.
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/Chapter: / The Correction of Faults
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English Couplet 436:
Faultless the king who first his own faults cures, and then
Permits himself to scan faults of other men.
Couplet Explanation:
What fault will remain in the king who has put away his own evils, and looks after the evils of others.
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/Chapter: / The Excellence of an Army
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Though an army may contain a large number of permanent soldiers, it cannot last if it has no generals.
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/Chapter: / Courtesy
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The world applauds the character of those whose usefulness results from their equity and charity.