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Thirukkural 787

Kural 787

அழிவி னவைநீக்கி ஆறுய்த்து அழிவின்கண்
அல்லல் உழப்பதாம் நட்பு.

Azhivi Navaineekki Aaruyththu Azhivinkan
Allal Uzhappadhaam Natpu

Friendship from ruin saves, in way of virtue keeps; In troublous time, it weeps with him who weeps

Meaning

(True) friendship turns aside from evil (ways) makes (him) walk in the (good) way, and, in case of loss if shares his sorrow (with him).

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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