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Thirukkural 792

Chapter 80: நட்பாராய்தல் (Investigation in forming Friendships) · Wealth

Kural 792

ஆய்ந்தாய்ந்து கொள்ளாதான் கேண்மை கடைமுறை
தான்சாம் துயரம் தரும்.

Aaindhaaindhu Kollaadhaan Kenmai Kataimurai
Thaansaam Thuyaram Tharum

Alliance with the man you have not proved and proved again, In length of days will give you mortal pain

Meaning

The friendship contracted by him who has not made repeated inquiry will in the end grieve (him) to death.

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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