Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Royalty (அரசியல்) — Unsluggishness (மடியின்மை)

Kural 601:
குடியென்னும் குன்றா விளக்கம் மடியென்னும்
மாசூர மாய்ந்து கெடும்.
kutiyennum kundraa viLakkam matiyennum
maasoora maaindhu kedum
English couplet:
Of household dignity the lustre beaming bright,
Flickers and dies when sluggish foulness dims its light.
Explanation: By the darkness, of idleness, the indestructible lamp of family (rank) will be extinguished.

Kural 602:
மடியை மடியா ஒழுகல் குடியைக்
குடியாக வேண்டு பவர்.
matiyai matiyaa ozhukal kutiyaik
kutiyaaka vaeNdu pavar
English couplet:
Let indolence, the death of effort, die,
If you'd uphold your household's dignity.
Explanation: Let those, who desire that their family may be illustrious, put away all idleness from their conduct.

Kural 603:
மடிமடிக் கொண்டொழுகும் பேதை பிறந்த
குடிமடியும் தன்னினும் முந்து.
matimatik koNdozhukum paedhai piRandha
kutimatiyum thanninum mundhu
English couplet:
Who fosters indolence within his breast, the silly elf!
The house from which he springs shall perish ere himself.
Explanation: The (lustre of the) family of the ignorant man, who acts under the influence of destructive laziness will perish, even before he is dead.

Kural 604:
குடிமடிந்து குற்றம் பெருகும் மடிமடிந்து
மாண்ட உஞற்றி லவர்க்கு.
kutimatindhu kutram perukum matimatindhu
maaNda uGnatri lavarkku
English couplet:
His family decays, and faults unheeded thrive,
Who, sunk in sloth, for noble objects doth not strive.
Explanation: Family (greatness) will be destroyed, and faults will increase, in those men who give way to laziness, and put forth no dignified exertions.

Kural 605:
நெடுநீர் மறவி மடிதுயில் நான்கும்
கெடுநீரார் காமக் கலன்.
netunheer maRavi matidhuyil naankum
ketunheeraar kaamak kalan
English couplet:
Delay, oblivion, sloth, and sleep: these four
Are pleasure-boat to bear the doomed to ruin's shore.
Explanation: Procrastination, forgetfulness, idleness, and sleep, these four things, form the vessel which is desired by those destined to destruction.

Kural 606:
படியுடையார் பற்றமைந்தக் கண்ணும் மடியுடையார்
மாண்பயன் எய்தல் அரிது.
patiyutaiyaar patramaindhak kaNNum matiyutaiyaar
maaNpayan eydhal aridhu
English couplet:
Though lords of earth unearned possessions gain,
The slothful ones no yield of good obtain.
Explanation: It is a rare thing for the idle, even when possessed of the riches of kings who ruled over the whole earth, to derive any great benefit from it.

Kural 607:
இடிபுரிந்து எள்ளுஞ்சொல் கேட்பர் மடிபுரிந்து
மாண்ட உஞற்றி லவர்.
idipurindhu eLLunhjsol kaetpar matipurindhu
maaNda uGnatri lavar
English couplet:
Who hug their sloth, nor noble works attempt,
Shall bear reproofs and words of just contempt.
Explanation: Those who through idleness, and do not engage themselves in dignified exertion, will subject themselves to rebukes and reproaches.

Kural 608:
மடிமை குடிமைக்கண் தங்கின்தன் ஒன்னார்க்கு
அடிமை புகுத்தி விடும்.
matimai kutimaikkaN thangindhan onnaarkku
atimai pukuththi vidum
English couplet:
If sloth a dwelling find mid noble family,
Bondsmen to them that hate them shall they be.
Explanation: If idleness take up its abode in a king of high birth, it will make him a slave of his enemies.

Kural 609:
குடியாண்மை யுள்வந்த குற்றம் ஒருவன்
மடியாண்மை மாற்றக் கெடும்.
kutiyaaNmai yuLvandha kutram oruvan
matiyaaNmai maatrak kedum
English couplet:
Who changes slothful habits saves
Himself from all that household rule depraves.
Explanation: When a man puts away idleness, the reproach which has come upon himself and his family will disappear.

Kural 610:
மடியிலா மன்னவன் எய்தும் அடியளந்தான்
தாஅய தெல்லாம் ஒருங்கு.
matiyilaa mannavan eydhum atiyaLandhaant
Thaaaya thellaam orungu
English couplet:
The king whose life from sluggishness is rid,
Shall rule o'er all by foot of mighty god bestrid.
Explanation: The king who never gives way to idleness will obtain entire possession of (the whole earth) passed over by him who measured (the worlds) with His foot.