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Thirukkural 793

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

Kural 793

குணமும் குடிமையும் குற்றமும் குன்றா
இனனும் அறிந்தியாக்க நட்பு.

Kunamum Kutimaiyum Kutramum Kundraa
Inanum Arindhiyaakka Natpu

Temper, descent, defects, associations freeFrom blame: know these, then let the man be friend to thee

Meaning

Make friendship (with one) after ascertaining (his) character, birth, defects and the whole of one's relations.

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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