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Thirukkural 851

Kural 851

இகலென்ப எல்லா உயிர்க்கும் பகலென்னும்
பண்பின்மை பார஧க்கும் நோய்.

Ikalenpa Ellaa Uyirkkum Pakalennum
Panpinmai Paarikkum Noi

Hostility disunion's plague will bring, That evil quality, to every living thing

Meaning

The disease which fosters the evil of disunion among all creatures is termed hatred by the wise.

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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