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Thirukkural 873

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

Kural 873

ஏமுற் றவரினும் ஏழை தமியனாய்ப்
பல்லார் பகைகொள் பவன்.

Emur Ravarinum Ezhai Thamiyanaaip
Pallaar Pakaikol Pavan

Than men of mind diseased, a wretch more utterly forlorn, Is he who stands alone, object of many foeman's scorn

Meaning

He who being alone, incurs the hatred of many is more infatuated than even mad men.

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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