Management Concepts in Thirukural

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Goal setting in verse 596

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English Couplet 596:


Whate'er you ponder, let your aim be loftly still,
Fate cannot hinder always, thwart you as it will.

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.

Business Ethics in verse 113

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/Chapter: / Impartiality
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English Couplet 113:


Though only good it seem to give, yet gain
By wrong acquired, not e'en one day retain

Couplet Explanation:
Forsake in the very moment (of acquisition) that gain which, though it should bring advantage, is without equity

Adapting to changing Environment in verse 474,426 and verse 140


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/Chapter: / The Possession of Decorum
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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

Couplet Explanation:
Those who know not how to act agreeably to the world, though they have learnt many things, are still ignorant

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English Couplet 426:


As dwells the world, so with the world to dwell
In harmony- this is to wisely live and well.

Couplet Explanation:
To live as the world lives, is wisdom.

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English Couplet 474:


Who not agrees with those around, no moderation knows,
In self-applause indulging, swift to ruin goes.

Couplet Explanation:
He will quickly perish who, ignorant of his own resources flatters himself of his greatness, and does not live in peace with his neighbours.

Communication Principles in Decision making process


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English Couplet 948:


Disease, its cause, what may abate the ill:
Let leech examine these, then use his skill.

Couplet Explanation:
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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English Couplet 472:


Who know what can be wrought, with knowledge of the means, on this,
Their mind firm set, go forth, nought goes with them amiss.

Couplet Explanation:
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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English Couplet 467:


Think, and then dare the deed! Who cry,
'Deed dared, we'll think,' disgraced shall be.

Couplet Explanation:
Consider, and then undertake a matter; after having undertaken it, to say "We will consider," is folly.

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English Couplet 663:


Man's fitting work is known but by success achieved;
In midst the plan revealed brings ruin ne'er to be retrieved.

Couplet Explanation:
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.

Leadership in verse 436,770 and 994

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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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English Couplet 770:


Though men abound, all ready for the war,
No army is where no fit leaders are.

Couplet Explanation:
Though an army may contain a large number of permanent soldiers, it cannot last if it has no generals.

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English Couplet 994:


Of men of fruitful life, who kindly benefits dispense,
The world unites to praise the 'noble excellence'.

Couplet Explanation:
The world applauds the character of those whose usefulness results from their equity and charity.

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