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Thirukkural 508

Chapter 51: தெரிந்து தெளிதல் (Selection and Confidence) · Wealth

Kural 508

தேரான் பிறனைத் தெளிந்தான் வழிமுறை
தீரா இடும்பை தரும்.

Theraan Piranaith Thelindhaan Vazhimurai
Theeraa Itumpai Tharum

Who trusts an untried stranger, brings disgrace, Remediless, on all his race

Meaning

Sorrow that will not leave even his posterity will come upon him chooses a stranger whose character he has not known.

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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