Tirukural – Chapter 52
Chapter 52: Testing and Employing Men
Verse 513
Here we see four different situations that indicate how trustworthy a man is. He is helping an injured boy who has fallen from a mango tree; he is settling a dispute that threatens to erupt in violence; he stands firm though he has been attacked by a thief and he is sending a businessman away who has offered him a bribe.
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Weaver’s Wisdom
Verse 511
Employ men who discern the good and the bad
in every situation and naturally choose the good.
Verse 512
Let him do the work who can increase profits,
spread prosperity and search out problems.
Verse 513
He alone is trustworthy who fully possesses these four:
kindness, intelligence, assurance and freedom from greed.
Verse 514
Though tested fully in simulated settings,
many men function differently under working conditions.
Verse 515
Work should be entrusted to men based on their knowledge
and diligence and not merely on bonds of affection.
Verse 516
Consider the work, choose the workman,
calculate the timing with care, then commence.
Verse 517
Having decided, “This man is qualified to do this
work in this way,” leave him alone to perform it.
Verse 518
After ascertaining what work befits a man,
assign him to a fitting function.
Verse 519
Wealth withdraws from the man who refuses to acknowledge
the informal friendliness his workers wish to share with him.
Verse 520
The king should scrutinize his staff’s conduct daily.
If they do not go astray, the world will not go astray.
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