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Thirukkural 871

Chapter 88: பகைத்திறம் தெரிதல் (Knowing the Quality of Hate) · Wealth

Kural 871

பகைஎன்னும் பண்பி லதனை ஒருவன்
நகையேயும் வேண்டற்பாற்று அன்று.

Pakaiennum Panpi Ladhanai Oruvan
Nakaiyeyum Ventarpaatru Andru

For Hate, that ill-conditioned thing not e'en in jestLet any evil longing rule your breast

Meaning

The evil of hatred is not of a nature to be desired by one even in sport.

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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