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Thirukkural 862

Chapter 87: பகை மாட்சி (The Might of Hatred) · Wealth

Kural 862

அன்பிலன் ஆன்ற துணையிலன் தான்துவ்வான்
என்பரியும் ஏதிலான் துப்பு.

Anpilan Aandra Thunaiyilan Thaandhuvvaan
Enpariyum Edhilaan Thuppu

No kinsman's love, no strength of friends has he; How can he bear his foeman's enmity

Meaning

How can he who is unloving, destitute of powerful aids, and himself without strength overcome the might of his foe ?

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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