Not Rice, Not Water

Purananuru 186

Not rice,
not water,
only the king
is the life-breath
of a kingdom.

And it is the duty
of a king
with his army of spears
to know
he's the life
of the wide, blossoming kingdom.
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Mocikiranar
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