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Thirukkural 800

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

Kural 800

மருவுக மாசற்றார் கேண்மைஒன் றீத்தும்
ஒருவுக ஒப்பிலார் நட்பு.

Maruvuka Maasatraar Kenmaion Reeththum
Oruvuka Oppilaar Natpu

Cling to the friendship of the spotless one's; whate'er you payRenounce alliance with the men of evil way

Meaning

Continue to enjoy the friendship of the pure; (but) renounce even with a gift, the friendship of those who do not agree (with the world).

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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