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Points to ponder:
Valluvar has taken the role of the Chairman of Board of Directors of a big company and give instructions to his Employment Officers.
Very practical instructions to run any business, whether it is a small or a big company.
I am pretty sure these are also in Kautilya’s Arthasastra.
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Following Translations are used:
1.A Aranganatha Mudaliyar – ANM+2 ( B.L. Aranganatha iyer and R. Srinivasa Desikan), Year 1933
2.S M Diaz, I G of Police- SMD, Year 2000
3.Rev.Dr.GU Pope – GUP, Year 1886
4.Suddhananda Bharathiyar- SB
5.EVS Publishers, Singapore- EVS, Year 1986
6.H A Popley – HAP (not full book; only selected couplets) Year 1931
7.Tamil Original
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Part 70; Chapter 52 in Tirukkural Book: Employing Men; Selection and Employment ;தெரிந்து வினையாடல்
511.The king chooses him who distinguishes the good from the evil and leans to virtue- A Aranganatha Mudaliyar – ANM+2 ( B.L. Aranganatha iyer and R. Srinivasa Desikan), Year 1933
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511.On assessing the good and evil that men do, the choice for public service,
Will be only on the basis of their good performance -S M Diaz, I G of Police- SMD, Year 2000
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511
Who good and evil scanning, ever makes the good his joy;
Such man of virtuous mood should king employ.
He should be employed (by a king), whose nature leads him to choose the good, after having weighed both the evil and the good in any undertaking.- Rev.Dr.GU Pope – GUP, Year 1886
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511.Employ the wise who will discern
The good and bad and do good turn – Suddhananda Bharathiyar – SB
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511.That man should be employed who chooses rightly after weighing both good and evil- EVS Publishers, Singapore- EVS, Year 1986
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511. நன்மையும் தீமையும் நாடி நலம்புரிந்த
தன்மையான் ஆளப் படும்.
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512.He should be employed in the service of the state who develops her resources and removes all her ills– ANM+2
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512.Enlarging the sources of income, developing the wealth of his real, and overcoming,
All problems that arise, shall be the function of the king- SMD, Year 2000
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512
Who swells the revenues, spreads plenty o’er the land,
Seeks out what hinders progress, his the workman’s hand.
Let him do (the king’s) work who can enlarge the sources (of revenue), increase wealth and considerately prevent the accidents (which would destroy it). – GUP, Year 1886
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512.Let him act who resource swells;
Fosters wealth and prevents ills. – SB
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512.Let him manage affairs who increases resources, promotes wealth and prevent evil- EVS, Year 1986
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512. வாரி பெருக்கி வளம்படுத்து உற்றவை
ஆராய்வான் செய்க வினை
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513.Let a monarch put trust in him who has loyalty, wisdom, a clear vision and is free from avarice– ANM+2
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513.Affectionate loyalty, discriminating mind, decisiveness and freedom from desires,
Are the four criteria for selection- SMD, Year 2000
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513
A loyal love with wisdom, clearness, mind from avarice free;
Who hath these four good gifts should ever trusted be.
Let the choice (of a king) fall upon him who largely possesses these four things, love, knowledge, a clear mind and freedom from covetousness. – GUP, Year 1886
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513.Trust him in whom these four you see:
Love, wit, non-craving, clarity. – SB
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513.Entrust affairs to men of four virtues: loyal love, intelligence, clear vision and non-craving- EVS, Year 1986
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Trust one who has the four good traits:
Love, wisdom, clarity, a greed-free soul- H A Popley – HAP (not full book; only selected couplets) Year 1931
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513. அன்பறிவு தேற்றம் அவாவின்மை இந்நான்கும்
நன்குடையான் கட்டே தெளிவு
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514.Many a well-tried and worthy minister has turned traitor to the king– ANM+2
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514.Even the men, selected carefully after diverse tests,
May be found wanting in action- SMD, Year 2000
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514
Even when tests of every kind are multiplied,
Full many a man proves otherwise, by action tried!
Even when (a king) has tried them in every possible way, there are many men who change, from the nature of the works (in which they may be employed). – GUP, Year 1886
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514.Though tried and found fit, yet we see
Many differ before duty. – SB
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514.Though tested in every way, many are the men who change owing to the nature of their work- EVS, Year 1986
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514. எனைவகையான் தேறியக் கண்ணும் வினைவகையான்
வேறாகும் மாந்தர் பலர்
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515.Let not favouritism prevail. Let men be chosen for their uprightness and heroic endurance – ANM+2
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515.Work should be entrusted to men of expert knowledge and painstaking allocation,
And not merely to the king’s favourites- SMD, Year 2000
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515
No specious fav’rite should the king’s commission bear,
But he that knows, and work performs with patient care.
(A king’s) work can only be accomplished by a man of wisdom and patient endurance; it is not of a nature to be given to one from mere personal attachment. – GUP, Year 1886
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515.Wise able men with power invest
Not by fondness but by hard test– SB
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515.The leader must invest with power wise men of capacity and character and not fond favourites- EVS, Year 1986
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515. அறிந்தாற்றிச் செய்கிற்பாற்கு அல்லால் வினைதான்
சிறந்தானென்று ஏவற்பாற் றன்று.
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516.Choose an expert, outline his sphere of work, watch for the ripe hour and then set him to it– ANM+2
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516.The man, the deed, the timely circumstance,
Consider these and let the work commence- SMD, Year 2000
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516
Let king first ask, ‘Who shall the deed perform?’ and ‘What the deed?’
Of hour befitting both assured, let every work proceed.
Let (a king) act, after having considered the agent (whom he is to employ), the deed (he desires to do), and the time which is suitable to it. – GUP, Year 1886
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516.Discern the agent and the deed
And just in proper time proceed. – SB
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516.Proceed upon a project, after discerning the right man, the right deed and the ripe time- EVS, Year 1986
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516. செய்வானை நாடி வினைநாடிக் காலத்தோடு
எய்த உணர்ந்து செயல்
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517.Gauge the capacity of the servant, measure the work for which he is competent and then saddle him with that work– ANM+2
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517.Having examine and decided that this job could be competently done, with these means,
By this person, he may be left free to do it on his own- SMD, Year 2000
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517
‘This man, this work shall thus work out,’ let thoughtful king command;
Then leave the matter wholly in his servant’s hand.
After having considered, “this man can accomplish this, by these means”, let (the king) leave with him the discharge of that duty. – GUP, Year 1886
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517.This work, by this, this man can do
Like this entrust the duty due– SB
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517.”Can this man accomplish this task within the means available?” Examine this and then entrust- EVS, Year 1986
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517. இதனை இதனால் இவன்முடிக்கும் என்றாய்ந்து
அதனை அவன்கண் விடல்.
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518.Let the king consider for what work one is fit and then assign it to him– ANM+2
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518.Once the right man has been chosen at great pains for a job,
It is but right he is made fully responsible for it- SMD, Year 2000
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518
As each man’s special aptitude is known,
Bid each man make that special work his own.
Having considered what work a man is fit for, let (the king) employ him in that work. – GUP, Year 1886
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518.His fitness for the duty scan
Leave him to do the best he can. – SB
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518.After ascertaining his fitness for a job, entrust him with the responsibility of doing his best in the field- EVS, Year 1986
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518. வினைக்குரிமை நாடிய பின்றை அவனை
அதற்குரிய னாகச் செயல்.
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519.Ruin seizes the king that trusts not his wise counsellors, who are discharging their duties with conscientious devotion– ANM+2
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519.Good fortune will desert the chief, who mistrusts and misinterprets
The actions of his trustworthy and efficient executive- SMD, Year 2000
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519
Fortune deserts the king who ill can bear,
Informal friendly ways of men his tolls who share.
Prosperity will leave (the king) who doubts the friendship of the man who steadily labours in the discharge of his duties. – GUP, Year 1886
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519.Who do duty for duty’s sake
Doubt them; and fortune departs quick. – SB
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519.Fortune forsakes the leader who suspects the loyalty of him that endeavour to carry out a design – EVS, Year 1986
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519. வினைக்கண் வினையுடையான் கேண்மைவே றாக
நினைப்பானை நீங்கும் திரு.
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520.Let the king watch his ministers , for on their conduct does the well-being of the state rest– ANM+2
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520.If the king regularly exercises control and ensures that his executives act straight,
Everything in his kingdom will automatically go right- SMD, Year 2000
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520
Let king search out his servants’ deeds each day;
When these do right, the world goes rightly on its way.
Let a king daily examine the conduct of his servants; if they do not act crookedly, the world will not act crookedly. – GUP, Year 1886
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520.Worker straight the world is straight
The king must look to this aright.
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520.Let the leader watch his officers every day. For if workers are straightforward the kingdom goes right- EVS, Year 1986
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520. நாடோறும் நாடுக மன்னன் வினைசெய்வான்
கோடாமை கோடா துலகு
—–subham—-
Tags- Chapter 52 in Tirukkural Book: Employing Men; Selection and Employment ;தெரிந்து வினையாடல்
