Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Royalty (அரசியல்) — Unforgetfulness (பொச்சாவாமை)

Kural 531:
இறந்த வெகுளியின் தீதே சிறந்த
உவகை மகிழ்ச்சியிற் சோர்வு.
iRandha vekuLiyin theedhae siRandha
uvakai makizhchchiyiR soarvu
English couplet:
'Tis greater ill, it rapture of o'erweening gladness to the soul
Bring self-forgetfulness than if transcendent wrath control.
Explanation: More evil than excessive anger, is forgetfulness which springs from the intoxication of great joy.

Kural 532:
பொச்சாப்புக் கொல்லும் புகழை அறிவினை
நிச்ச நிரப்புக்கொன் றாங்கு.
pochchaappuk kollum pukazhai aRivinai
nichcha nirappukkon Raangu
English couplet:
Perpetual, poverty is death to wisdom of the wise;
When man forgets himself his glory dies!.
Explanation: Forgetfulness will destroy fame, even as constant poverty destroys knowledge.

Kural 533:
பொச்சாப்பார்க் கில்லை புகழ்மை அதுஉலகத்து
எப்பால்நூ லோர்க்கும் துணிவு.
pochchaappaark killai pukazhmai adhu-ulakaththu
eppaalnhoo loarkkum thuNivu
English couplet:
'To self-oblivious men no praise'; this rule
Decisive wisdom sums of every school.
Explanation: Thoughtlessness will never acquire fame; and this tenet is upheld by all treatises in the world.

Kural 534:
அச்ச முடையார்க்கு அரணில்லை ஆங்கில்லை
பொச்சாப் புடையார்க்கு நன்கு.
achcha mudaiyaarkku araNillai aangillai
pochchaap pudaiyaarkku nanku
English couplet:
'To cowards is no fort's defence'; e'en so
The self-oblivious men no blessing know.
Explanation: Just as the coward has no defence (by whatever fortifications ha may be surrounded), so the thoughtless has no good (whatever advantages he may possess).

Kural 535:
முன்னுறக் காவாது இழுக்கியான் தன்பிழை
பின்னூறு இரங்கி விடும்.
munnuRak kaavaadhu izhukkiyaan thanpizhai
pinnooRu iRangi vidum
English couplet:
To him who nought foresees, recks not of anything,
The after woe shall sure repentance bring.
Explanation: The thoughtless man, who provides not against the calamities that may happen, will afterwards repent for his fault.

Kural 536:
இழுக்காமை யார்மாட்டும் என்றும் வழுக்காமை
வாயின் அதுவொப்பது இல்.
izhukkaamai yaarmaattum endrum vazhukkaamai
vaayin adhuvoppadhu il
English couplet:
Towards all unswerving, ever watchfulness of soul retain,
Where this is found there is no greater gain.
Explanation: There is nothing comparable with the possession of unfailing thoughtfulness at all times; and towards all persons.

Kural 537:
அரியஎன்று ஆகாத இல்லைபொச் சாவாக்
கருவியால் போற்றிச் செயின்.
ariya-endru aakaadha illaipoch saavaak
karuviyaal poatrich seyin
English couplet:
Though things are arduous deemed, there's nought may not be won,
When work with mind's unslumbering energy and thought is done.
Explanation: There is nothing too difficult to be accomplished, if a man set about it carefully, with unflinching endeavour.

Kural 538:
புகழ்ந்தவை போற்றிச் செயல்வேண்டும் செய்யாது
இகழ்ந்தார்க்கு எழுமையும் இல்.
pukazhndhavai poatrich seyalveNdum seyyaadhu
ikazhndhaarkku ezhumaiyum il
English couplet:
Let things that merit praise thy watchful soul employ;
Who these despise attain through sevenfold births no joy.
Explanation: Let (a man) observe and do these things which have been praised (by the wise); if he neglects and fails to perform them, for him there will be no (happiness) throughout the seven births.

Kural 539:
இகழ்ச்சியின் கெட்டாரை உள்ளுக தாந்தம்
மகிழ்ச்சியின் மைந்துறும் போழ்து.
ikazhchchiyin kettaarai uLLuka thaandham
makizhchchiyin maindhuRum poazhdhu
English couplet:
Think on the men whom scornful mind hath brought to nought,
When exultation overwhelms thy wildered thought.
Explanation: Let (a king) think of those who have been ruined by neglect, when his mind is elated with joy.

Kural 540:
உள்ளியது எய்தல் எளிதுமன் மற்றுந்தான்
உள்ளியது உள்ளப் பெறின்.
uLLiyadhu eydhal eLidhuman matrundhaan
uLLiyadhu uLLap peRin
English couplet:
'Tis easy what thou hast in mind to gain,
If what thou hast in mind thy mind retain.
Explanation: It is easy for (one) to obtain whatever he may think of, if he can again think of it.