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Thirukkural 872

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

Kural 872

வில்லேர் உழவர் பகைகொளினும் கொள்ளற்க
சொல்லேர் உழவர் பகை.

Viller Uzhavar Pakaikolinum Kollarka
Soller Uzhavar Pakai

Although you hate incur of those whose ploughs are bows, Make not the men whose ploughs are words your foes

Meaning

Though you may incur the hatred of warriors whose ploughs are bows, incur not that of ministers whose ploughs are words.

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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