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Thirukkural 868

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

Kural 868

குணனிலனாய்க் குற்றம் பலவாயின் மாற்றார்க்கு
இனனிலனாம் ஏமாப் புடைத்து.

Kunanilanaaik Kutram Palavaayin Maatraarkku
Inanilanaam Emaap Putaiththu

No gracious gifts he owns, faults many cloud his fame; His foes rejoice, for none with kindred claim

Meaning

He will become friendless who is without (any good) qualities and whose faults are many; (such a character) is a help to (his) 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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