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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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Verse 891
The greatest way to guard oneself is to not belittle
The powers of men of prowess.
Verse 892
If a man by his conduct offends the great ones,
Through them he will bring on himself immeasurable miseries.
Verse 893
If you desire destruction, don't heed the rules -
Simply provoke those who, if they desire, can destroy.
Verse 894
For the powerless to wreak harm upon the powerful
Is to summon Death with the hand.
Verse 895
Having incured a stalwart king's withering wrath,
One is doomed, wherever he wanders, whatever he does.
Verse 896
Though burned by a fire one may survive;
But there is no survival for those who offend the great.
Verse 897
Of what avail is a man's many gloried life and splendorous wealth
If he incurs the wrath of great and righteous men?
Verse 898
When men of mountainous stature are meagerly esteemed,
Men who seemed enduring as the earth will die, as will their kin.
Verse 899
The most kingly king will tumble from his throne midway
And die, should he arouse an avowed sage's righteous wrath.
Verse 900
Though a king commands peerless powers of protection,
He cannot survive the anger of sages with powers of spirit.
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