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Thirukkural 798

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

Kural 798

உள்ளற்க உள்ளம் சிறுகுவ கொள்ளற்க
அல்லற்கண் ஆற்றறுப்பார் நட்பு.

Ullarka Ullam Sirukuva Kollarka
Allarkan Aatraruppaar Natpu

Think not the thoughts that dwarf the soul; nor takeFor friends the men who friends in time of grief forsake

Meaning

Do not think of things that discourage your mind, nor contract friendship with those who would forsake you in adversity.

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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