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Thirukkural 788

Kural 788

உடுக்கை இழந்தவன் கைபோல ஆங்கே
இடுக்கண் களைவதாம் நட்பு.

Utukkai Izhandhavan Kaipola Aange
Itukkan Kalaivadhaam Natpu

As hand of him whose vesture slips away, Friendship at once the coming grief will stay

Meaning

(True) friendship hastens to the rescue of the afflicted (as readily) as the hand of one whose garment is loosened (before an assembly).

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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