Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Civil (குடியியல்) — Perfectness (சான்றாண்மை)

Kural 981:
கடன்என்ப நல்லவை எல்லாம் கடன்அறிந்து
சான்றாண்மை மேற்கொள் பவர்க்கு.
katanenpa nallavai ellaam katanaRindhu
saandraaNmai maeRkoL pavarkku
English couplet:
All goodly things are duties to the men, they say
Who set themselves to walk in virtue's perfect way.
Explanation: It is said that those who are conscious of their duty and behave with a perfect goodness will regard as natural all that is good.

Kural 982:
குணநலம் சான்றோர் நலனே பிறநலம்
எந்நலத்து உள்ளதூஉம் அன்று.
kuNanhalam saandroar nalanae piRanhalam
enhnhalaththu uLLadhooum andru
English couplet:
The good of inward excellence they claim,
The perfect men; all other good is only good in name.
Explanation: The only delight of the perfect is that of their goodness; all other (sensual) delights are not to be included among any (true) delights.

Kural 983:
அன்புநாண் ஒப்புரவு கண்ணோட்டம் வாய்மையொடு
ஐந்துசால் ஊன்றிய தூண்.
anpunhaaN oppuravu kaNNoattam vaaimaiyodu
aindhusaal oondriya thooN
English couplet:
Love, modesty, beneficence, benignant grace,
With truth, are pillars five of perfect virtue's resting-place.
Explanation: Affection, fear (of sin), benevolence, favour and truthfulness; these are the five pillars on which perfect goodness rests.

Kural 984:
கொல்லா நலத்தது நோன்மை பிறர்தீமை
சொல்லா நலத்தது சால்பு.
kollaa nalaththadhu noanmai piRardheemai
sollaa nalaththadhu saalpu
English couplet:
The type of 'penitence' is virtuous good that nothing slays;
To speak no ill of other men is perfect virtue's praise.
Explanation: Penance consists in the goodness that kills not , and perfection in the goodness that tells not others' faults.

Kural 985:
ஆற்றுவார் ஆற்றல் பணிதல் அதுசான்றோர்
மாற்றாரை மாற்றும் படை.
aatruvaar aatral paNidhal adhusaandroar
maatraarai maatrum padai
English couplet:
Submission is the might of men of mighty acts; the sage
With that same weapon stills his foeman's rage.
Explanation: Stooping (to inferiors) is the strength of those who can accomplish (an undertaking); and that is the weapon with which the great avert their foes.

Kural 986:
சால்பிற்குக் கட்டளை யாதெனின் தோல்வி
துலையல்லார் கண்ணும் கொளல்.
saalpiRkuk kattaLai yaadhenin thoalvi
thulaiyallaar kaNNum koLal
English couplet:
What is perfection's test? The equal mind.
To bear repulse from even meaner men resigned.
Explanation: The touch-stone of perfection is to receive a defeat even at the hands of one's inferiors.

Kural 987:
இன்னாசெய் தார்க்கும் இனியவே செய்யாக்கால்
என்ன பயத்ததோ சால்பு.
innaasey thaarkkum iniyavae seyyaakkaal
enna payaththadhoa saalpu
English couplet:
Of what avail is perfect goodness if it cannot do pleasing things even to those who have pained (it) ?.

Explanation: He will be afflicted with numberless diseases, who eats immoderately, ignorant (of the rules of health).

Kural 988:
இன்மை ஒருவற்கு இளிவன்று சால்பென்னும்
திண்மைஉண் டாகப் பெறின்.
inmai oruvaRku iLivandru saalpennum
thiNmai-uN daakap peRin
English couplet:
To soul with perfect virtue's strength endued,
Brings no disgrace the lack of every earthly good.
Explanation: Poverty is no disgrace to one who abounds in good qualities.

Kural 989:
ஊழி பெயரினும் தாம்பெயரார் சான்றாண்மைக்கு
ஆழி எனப்படு வார்.
oozhi peyarinum thaampeyaraar saandraaNmaikku
aazhi enappadu vaar
English couplet:
Call them of perfect virtue's sea the shore,
Who, though the fates should fail, fail not for evermore.
Explanation: Those who are said to be the shore of the sea of perfection will never change, though ages may change.

Kural 990:
சான்றவர் சான்றாண்மை குன்றின் இருநிலந்தான்
தாங்காது மன்னோ பொறை.
saandravar saandraaNmai kundrin irunhilandhaan
thaangaadhu mannoa poRai
English couplet:
The mighty earth its burthen to sustain must cease,
If perfect virtue of the perfect men decrease.
Explanation: If there is a defect in the character of the perfect, (even) the great world cannot bear (its) burden.