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Thirukkural 875

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

Kural 875

தன்துணை இன்றால் பகையிரண்டால் தான்ஒருவன்
இன்துணையாக் கொள்கவற்றின் ஒன்று.

Thandhunai Indraal Pakaiyirantaal Thaanoruvan
Indhunaiyaak Kolkavatrin Ondru

Without ally, who fights with twofold enemy o'ermatched, Must render one of these a friend attached

Meaning

He who is alone and helpless while his foes are two should secure one of them as an agreeable help (to himself).

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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