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Thirukkural 795

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

Kural 795

அழச்சொல்லி அல்லது இடித்து வழக்கறிய
வல்லார்நடபு ஆய்ந்து கொளல்.

Azhachcholli Alladhu Itiththu Vazhakkariya
Vallaarnatapu Aaindhu Kolal

Make them your chosen friend whose words repentance move, With power prescription's path to show, while evil they reprove

Meaning

You should examine and secure the friendship of those who can speak so as to make you weep over a crime (before its commission) or rebuke you severely (after you have done it) and are able to teach.

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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