Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Royalty (அரசியல்) — Cherishing Kinsmen (சுற்றந்தழால்)

Kural 521:
பற்றற்ற கண்ணும் பழைமைபா ராட்டுதல்
சுற்றத்தார் கண்ணே உள.
patratra kaNNum pazhaimaipaa raattudhal
sutraththaar kaNNae uLa
English couplet:
When wealth is fled, old kindness still to show,
Is kindly grace that only kinsmen know.
Explanation: Even when (a man's) property is all gone, relatives will act towards him with their accustomed (kindness).

Kural 522:
விருப்பறாச் சுற்றம் இயையின் அருப்பறா
ஆக்கம் பலவும் தரும்.
viruppaRaach sutram iyaiyin aruppaRaa
aakkam palavum tharum
English couplet:
The gift of kin's unfailing love bestows
Much gain of good, like flower that fadeless blows.
Explanation: If (a man's) relatives remain attached to him with unchanging love, it will be a source of ever-increasing wealth.

Kural 523:
அளவளா வில்லாதான் வாழ்க்கை குளவளாக்
கோடின்றி நீர்நிறைந் தற்று.
aLavaLaa villaadhaan vaazhkkai kuLavaLaak
koatindri neernhirainh thatru
English couplet:
His joy of life who mingles not with kinsmen gathered round,
Is lake where streams pour in, with no encircling bound.
Explanation: The wealth of one who does not mingle freely with his relatives, will be like the filling of water in a spacious tank that has no banks.

Kural 524:
சுற்றத்தால் சுற்றப் படஒழுகல் செல்வந்தான்
பெற்றத்தால் பெற்ற பயன்.
sutraththaal sutrap padaozhukal selvandhaan
petraththaal petra payan
English couplet:
The profit gained by wealth's increase,
Is living compassed round by relatives in peace.
Explanation: To live surrounded by relatives, is the advantage to be derived from the acquisition of wealth.

Kural 525:
கொடுத்தலும் இன்சொலும் ஆற்றின் அடுக்கிய
சுற்றத்தால் சுற்றப் படும்.
kotuththalum insolum aatrin adukkiya
sutraththaal sutrap padum
English couplet:
Who knows the use of pleasant words, and liberal gifts can give,
Connections, heaps of them, surrounding him shall live.
Explanation: He will be surrounded by numerous relatives who manifests generosity and affability.

Kural 526:
பெருங்கொடையான் பேணான் வெகுளி அவனின்
மருங்குடையார் மாநிலத்து இல்.
perungotaiyaan paeNaan vekuLi avanin
marungutaiyaar maanhilaththu il
English couplet:
Than one who gifts bestows and wrath restrains,
Through the wide world none larger following gains.
Explanation: No one, in all the world, will have so many relatives (about him), as he who makes large gift, and does not give way to anger.

Kural 527:
காக்கை கரவா கரைந்துண்ணும் ஆக்கமும்
அன்னநீ ரார்க்கே உள.
kaakkai karavaa karaindhuNNum aakkamum
annanhee raarkkae uLa
English couplet:
The crows conceal not, call their friends to come, then eat;
Increase of good such worthy ones shall meet.
Explanation: The crows do not conceal (their prey), but will call out for others (to share with them) while they eat it; wealth will be with those who show a similar disposition (towards their relatives).

Kural 528:
பொதுநோக்கான் வேந்தன் வரிசையா நோக்கின்
அதுநோக்கி வாழ்வார் பலர்.
podhunhoakkaan vaendhan varisaiyaa noakkin
adhunhoakki vaazhvaar palar
English couplet:
Where king regards not all alike, but each in his degree,
'Neath such discerning rule many dwell happily.
Explanation: Many relatives will live near a king, when they observe that he does not look on all alike, but that he looks on each man according to his merit.

Kural 529:
தமராகிக் தற்றுறந்தார் சுற்றம் அமராமைக்
காரணம் இன்றி வரும்.
thamaraakik thatruRandhaar sutram amaraamaik
kaaraNam indri varum
English couplet:
Who once were his, and then forsook him, as before
Will come around, when cause of disagreement is no more.
Explanation: Those who have been friends and have afterwards forsaken him, will return and join themselves (to him), when the cause of disagreement is not to be found in him.

Kural 530:
உழைப்பிரிந்து காரணத்தின் வந்தானை வேந்தன்
இழைத்திருந்து எண்ணிக் கொளல்.
uzhaippirindhu kaaraNaththin vandhaanai vaendhan
izhaiththirundhu eNNik koLal
English couplet:
Who causeless went away, then to return, for any cause, ask leave;
The king should sift their motives well, consider, and receive!.
Explanation: When one may have left him, and for some cause has returned to him, let the king fulfil the object (for which he has come back) and thoughtfully receive him again.