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Thirukkural 580

Chapter 58: கண்ணோட்டம் (Benignity) · Wealth

Kural 580

பெயக்கண்டும் நஞ்சுண் டமைவர் நயத்தக்க
நாகரிகம் வேண்டு பவர்.

Peyakkantum Nanjun Tamaivar Nayaththakka
Naakarikam Ventu Pavar

They drink with smiling grace, though poison interfused they see, Who seek the praise of all-esteemed courtesy

Meaning

Those who desire (to cultivate that degree of) urbanity which all shall love, even after swallowing the poison served to them by their friends, will be friendly with them.

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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