Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Friendship (நட்பியல்) — Not Offending the Great (பெரியாரைப் பிழையாமை)

Kural 891:
ஆற்றுவார் ஆற்றல் இகழாமை போற்றுவார்
போற்றலுள் எல்லாம் தலை.
aatruvaar aatral ikazhaamai poatruvaar
poatraluL ellaam thalai
English couplet:
The chiefest care of those who guard themselves from ill,
Is not to slight the powers of those who work their mighty will.
Explanation: Not to disregard the power of those who can carry out (their wishes) is more important than all the watchfulness of those who guard (themselves against evil).

Kural 892:
பெரியாரைப் பேணாது ஒழுகிற் பெரியாரால்
பேரா இடும்பை தரும்.
periyaaraip paeNaadhu ozhukiR periyaaraal
paeraa idumpai tharum
English couplet:
If men will lead their lives reckless of great men's will,
Such life, through great men's powers, will bring perpetual ill.
Explanation: To behave without respect for the great (rulers) will make them do (us) irremediable evils.

Kural 893:
கெடல்வேண்டின் கேளாது செய்க அடல்வேண்டின்
ஆற்று பவர்கண் இழுக்கு.
ketalvaeNtin kaeLaadhu seyka adalvaeNtin
aatru pavarkaN izhukku
English couplet:
Who ruin covet let them shut their ears, and do despite
To those who, where they list to ruin have the might.
Explanation: If a person desires ruin, let him not listen to the righteous dictates of law, but commit crimes against those who are able to slay (other sovereigns).

Kural 894:
கூற்றத்தைக் கையால் விளித்தற்றால் ஆற்றுவார்க்கு
ஆற்றாதார் இன்னா செயல்.
kootraththaik kaiyaal viLiththatraal aatruvaarkku
aatraadhaar innaa seyal
English couplet:
When powerless man 'gainst men of power will evil deeds essay,
Tis beck'ning with the hand for Death to seize them for its prey.
Explanation: The weak doing evil to the strong is like beckoning Yama to come (and destroy them).

Kural 895:
யாண்டுச்சென்று யாண்டும் உளராகார் வெந்துப்பின்
வேந்து செறப்பட் டவர்.
yaaNtuchChendru YaanDum uLaraakaar vendhuppin
vaendhu saeRappat tavar
English couplet:
Who dare the fiery wrath of monarchs dread,
Where'er they flee, are numbered with the dead.
Explanation: Those who have incurred the wrath of a cruel and mighty potentate will not prosper wherever they may go.

Kural 896:
எரியால் சுடப்படினும் உய்வுண்டாம் உய்யார்
பெரியார்ப் பிழைத்தொழுகு வார்.
eriyaal sutappatinum uyvuNdaam uyyaar
periyaarp pizhaiththozhuku vaar
English couplet:
Though in the conflagration caught, he may escape from thence:
He 'scapes not who in life to great ones gives offence.
Explanation: Though burnt by a fire (from a forest), one may perhaps live; (but) never will he live who has shown disrespect to the great (devotees).

Kural 897:
வகைமாண்ட வாழ்க்கையும் வான்பொருளும் என்னாம்
தகைமாண்ட தக்கார் செறின்.
vakaimaaNda vaazhkkaiyum vaanporuLum ennaam
thakaimaaNda thakkaar seRin
English couplet:
Though every royal gift, and stores of wealth your life should crown,
What are they, if the worthy men of mighty virtue frown?.
Explanation: If a king incurs the wrath of the righteous great, what will become of his government with its splendid auxiliaries and (all) its untold wealth ?.

Kural 898:
குன்றன்னார் குன்ற மதிப்பின் குடியொடு
நின்றன்னார் மாய்வர் நிலத்து.
kundrannaar kundra madhippin kutiyodu
nindrannaar maaivar nilaththu
English couplet:
If they, whose virtues like a mountain rise, are light esteemed;
They die from earth who, with their households, ever-during seemed.
Explanation: If (the) hill-like (devotees) resolve on destruction, those who seemed to be everlasting will be destroyed root and branch from the earth.

Kural 899:
ஏந்திய கொள்கையார் சீறின் இடைமுரிந்து
வேந்தனும் வேந்து கெடும்.
Endhiya koLkaiyaar seeRin idaimurindhu
vaendhanum vaendhu kedum
English couplet:
When blazes forth the wrath of men of lofty fame,
Kings even fall from high estate and perish in the flame.
Explanation: If those of exalted vows burst in a rage, even (Indra) the king will suffer a sudden loss and be entirely ruined.

Kural 900:
இறந்தமைந்த சார்புடையர் ஆயினும் உய்யார்
சிறந்தமைந்த சீரார் செறின்.
iRandhamaindha saarputaiyar aayinum uyyaar
siRandhamaindha seeraar seRin
English couplet:
Though all-surpassing wealth of aid the boast,
If men in glorious virtue great are wrath, they're lost.
Explanation: Though in possession of numerous auxiliaries, they will perish who are-exposed to the wrath of the noble whose penance is boundless.