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Thirukkural 799

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

Kural 799

கெடுங்காலைக் கைவிடுவார் கேண்மை அடுங்காலை
உள்ளினும் உள்ளஞ் சுடும்.

Ketungaalaik Kaivituvaar Kenmai Atungaalai
Ullinum Ullanj Chutum

Of friends deserting us on ruin's brink,'Tis torture e'en in life's last hour to think

Meaning

The very thought of the friendship of those who have deserted one at the approach of adversity will burn one's mind at the time of 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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