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Thirukkural 451

Chapter 46: சிற்றினம் சேராமை (Avoiding mean Associations) · Wealth

Kural 451

சிற்றினம் அஞ்சும் பெருமை சிறுமைதான்
சுற்றமாச் சூழ்ந்து விடும்.

Sitrinam Anjum Perumai Sirumaidhaan
Sutramaach Choozhndhu Vitum

The great of soul will mean association fear; The mean of soul regard mean men as kinsmen dear

Meaning

(True) greatness fears the society of the base; it is only the low - minded who will regard them as friends.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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