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Thirukkural 803

Chapter 81: பழைமை (Familiarity) · Wealth

Kural 803

பழகிய நட்பெவன் செய்யுங் கெழுதகைமை
செய்தாங்கு அமையாக் கடை.

Pazhakiya Natpevan Seyyung Kezhudhakaimai
Seydhaangu Amaiyaak Katai

When to familiar acts men kind response refuse, What fruit from ancient friendship's use

Meaning

Of what avail is long-standing friendship, if friends do not admit as their own actions done through the right of 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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