Rajendran Muthiah Poems

631. A wise minister ponders on the tool, time, means
and the rare action before executing it.
632. A good minister bears the five aspects as diligence, great clan,
guarding people, knowledge of the holy books and perseverance.
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501 Adjudge a man to do an act trying his virtue,
pursuit of wealth and pleasure, and the fear of his life.
502.Confide in a person of noble descent, faultless worth
and modest to commit sins.
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Door to door canvassing for votes
will be nice if we’ve bundles of 2k notes.
The men in new wears go to campaign
and bear the heat drinking champagne.
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Die and Rise Again
In a hot Summer, the earth goes dry.
Water ascends not the daisy-guy.
The wind blows and deadheads,
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451. The noble souls odious men fear.
But the devious ones crowd around as kinsmen dear.

452. The taste of water relies on the nature of the soil.
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501. How one tries out Virtue, Wealth, Pleasure and Fear for life
on oneself will make him dear.
502. Noble descent, free from faults, modesty and dreading stain
are one’s worth to confide.
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311. Though glorious wealth it brings,
the law of the noble is not to do harm to others.
312. Even against One who did harm out of malice,
it is the rule of the great not to retaliate.
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In a booked berth of a train a man in sleep
screams at the bite of a daring mouse!
In football, Suarez bites
every year a rival with rights.
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It was a cold-blooded massacre
when the Lankan army annihilated
the unwary old and young Tamils
with chemical bombs in Eezham.
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The price of vegetables
is way above our budget.
The new government of bigots
give Sanskrit to bite and eat
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