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Thirukkural 806

Chapter 81: பழைமை (Familiarity) · Wealth

Kural 806

எல்லைக்கண் நின்றார் துறவார் தொலைவிடத்தும்
தொல்லைக்கண் நின்றார் தொடர்பு.

Ellaikkan Nindraar Thuravaar Tholaivitaththum
Thollaikkan Nindraar Thotarpu

Who stand within the bounds quit not, though loss impends, Association with the old familiar friends

Meaning

Those who stand within the limits (of true friendship) will not even in adversity give up the intimacy of long-standing friends.

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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