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Thirukkural 805

Chapter 81: பழைமை (Familiarity) · Wealth

Kural 805

பேதைமை ஒன்றோ பெருங்கிழமை என்றுணர்க
நோதக்க நட்டார் செயின்.

Pedhaimai Ondro Perungizhamai Endrunarka
Nodhakka Nattaar Seyin

Not folly merely, but familiar carelessness, Esteem it, when your friends cause you distress

Meaning

If friends should perform what is painful, understand that it is owing not only to ignorance, but also to the strong claims 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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