Considerate Regard
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kaṇṇōṭṭa meṉṉuṅ kaḻiperuṅ kārikai / yuṇmaiyā ṉuṇṭiv vulaku.
The world endures because rulers possess the surpassingly great grace called considerate regard.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“Since true benignity, that grace exceeding great, resides / In kingly souls, world in happy state abides.”
“Behold that ravishing Beauty called Considerateness: the world cannot go on smoothly without her.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கண்ணோட்டம் என்னும் கழி பெரும் காரிகை உண்மையான்= கண்ணோட்டம் என்று சொல்லப்படுகின்ற சிறப்புடைய அழகு அரசர் மாட்டு உண்டாகலான்; இவ்வுலகு உண்டு= இவ்வுலகம் உண்டாகாநின்றது.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Parimelazhagar keeps the royal setting: the world continues because rulers possess the distinguished beauty called considerate regard. The praised quality is humane attention within power, not surface pleasantness.