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Thirukkural 827

Chapter 83: கூடா நட்பு (Unreal Friendship) · Wealth

Kural 827

சொல்வணக்கம் ஒன்னார்கண் கொள்ளற்க வில்வணக்கம்
தீங்கு குறித்தமை யான்.

Solvanakkam Onnaarkan Kollarka Vilvanakkam
Theengu Kuriththamai Yaan

To pliant speech from hostile lips give thou no ear;'Tis pliant bow that show the deadly peril near

Meaning

Since the bending of the bow bespeaks evil, one should not accept (as good) the humiliating speeches of one's foes.

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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