Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Royalty (அரசியல்) — Absence of Terrorism (வெருவந்தசெய்யாமை)

Kural 561:
தக்காங்கு நாடித் தலைச்செல்லா வண்ணத்தால்
ஒத்தாங்கு ஒறுப்பது வேந்து.
thakkaangu naatith thalaichchellaa vaNNaththaal
oththaangu oRuppadhu vaendhu
English couplet:
Who punishes, investigation made in due degree,
So as to stay advance of crime, a king is he.
Explanation: He is a king who having equitably examined (any injustice which has been brought to his notice), suitably punishes it, so that it may not be again committed.

Kural 562:
கடிதோச்சி மெல்ல எறிக நெடிதாக்கம்
நீங்காமை வேண்டு பவர்.
katidhoachchi mella eRika nedidhaakkam
neengaamai vaeNdu pavar
English couplet:
For length of days with still increasing joys on Heav'n who call,
Should raise the rod with brow severe, but let it gently fall.
Explanation: Let the king, who desires that his prosperity may long remain, commence his preliminary enquires with strictness, and then punish with mildness.

Kural 563:
வெருவந்த செய்தொழுகும் வெங்கோல னாயின்
ஒருவந்தம் ஒல்லைக் கெடும்.
veruvandha seydhozhukum vengoala naayin
oruvandham ollaik kedum
English couplet:
Where subjects dread of cruel wrongs endure,
Ruin to unjust king is swift and sure.
Explanation: The cruel-sceptred king, who acts so as to put his subjects in fear, will certainly and quickly come to ruin.

Kural 564:
இறைகடியன் என்றுரைக்கும் இன்னாச்சொல் வேந்தன்
உறைகடுகி ஒல்லைக் கெடும்.
iRaikatiyan endruraikkum innaachchol vaendhan
uRaikatuki ollaik kedum
English couplet:
'Ah! cruel is our king', where subjects sadly say,
His age shall dwindle, swift his joy of life decay.
Explanation: The king who is spoken of as cruel will quickly perish; his life becoming shortened.

Kural 565:
அருஞ்செவ்வி இன்னா முகத்தான் பெருஞ்செல்வம்
பேஎய்கண் டன்னது உடைத்து.
arunjevvi innaa mukaththaan perunjelvam
paeeykaN dannadhu udaiththu
English couplet:
Whom subjects scarce may see, of harsh forbidding countenance;
His ample wealth shall waste, blasted by demon's glance.
Explanation: The great wealth of him who is difficult of access and possesses a sternness of countenance, is like that which has been obtained by a devil.

Kural 566:
கடுஞ்சொல்லன் கண்ணிலன் ஆயின் நெடுஞ்செல்வம்
நீடின்றி ஆங்கே கெடும்.
katunjollan kaNNilan aayin netunjelvam
neetindri aange kedum
English couplet:
The tyrant, harsh in speach and hard of eye,
His ample joy, swift fading, soon shall die.
Explanation: The abundant wealth of the king whose words are harsh and whose looks are void of kindness, will instantly perish instead of abiding long, with him.

Kural 567:
கடுமொழியும் கையிகந்த தண்டமும் வேந்தன்
அடுமுரண் தேய்க்கும் அரம்.
katumozhiyum kaiyikandha thaNdamum vaendhan
atumuraN thaeykkum aram
English couplet:
Harsh words and punishments severe beyond the right,
Are file that wears away the monarch's conquering might.
Explanation: Severe words and excessive punishments will be a file to waste away a king's power for destroying (his enemies).

Kural 568:
இனத்தாற்றி எண்ணாத வேந்தன் சினத்தாற்றிச்
சீறிற் சிறுகும் திரு.
inaththaatri eNNaadha vaendhan sinaththaatrich
seeRiR siRukum thiru
English couplet:
Who leaves the work to those around, and thinks of it no more;
If he in wrathful mood reprove, his prosperous days are o'er!.
Explanation: The prosperity of that king will waste away, who without reflecting (on his affairs himself), commits them to his ministers, and (when a failure occurs) gives way to anger, and rages against them.

Kural 569:
செருவந்த போழ்திற் சிறைசெய்யா வேந்தன்
வெருவந்து வெய்து கெடும்.
seruvandha poazhdhir siRaiseyyaa vaendhan
veruvandhu veydhu kedum
English couplet:
Who builds no fort whence he may foe defy,
In time of war shall fear and swiftly die.
Explanation: The king who has not provided himself with a place of defence, will in times of war be seized with fear and quickly perish.

Kural 570:
கல்லார்ப் பிணிக்கும் கடுங்கோல் அதுவல்லது
இல்லை நிலக்குப் பொறை.
kallaarp piNikkum kadungoal adhuvalladhu
illai nhilakkup poRai
English couplet:
Tyrants with fools their counsels share:
Earth can no heavier burthen bear!.
Explanation: The earth bears up no greater burden than ignorant men whom a cruel sceptre attaches to itself (as the ministers of its evil deeds).