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Thirukkural 801

Chapter 81: பழைமை (Familiarity) · Wealth

Kural 801

பழைமை எனப்படுவது யாதெனின் யாதும்
கிழமையைக் கீழ்ந்திடா நட்பு.

Pazhaimai Enappatuvadhu Yaadhenin Yaadhum
Kizhamaiyaik Keezhndhitaa Natpu

Familiarity is friendship's silent pact, That puts restraint on no familiar act

Meaning

Imtimate friendship is that which cannot in the least be injured by (things done through the) right (of longstanding intimacy).

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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