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Thirukkural 876

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

Kural 876

தேறினும் தேறா விடினும் அழிவின்கண்
தேறான் பகாஅன் விடல்.

Thera�num Theraa Vitinum Azhivinkan
Theraan Pakaaan Vital

Whether you trust or not, in time of sore distress, Questions of diff'rence or agreement cease to press

Meaning

Though (one's foe is) aware or not of one's misfortune one should act so as neither to join nor separate (from him).

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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