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Thirukkural 880

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

Kural 880

உயிர்ப்ப உளரல்லர் மன்ற செயிர்ப்பவர்
செம்மல் சிதைக்கலா தார்.

Uyirppa Ularallar Mandra Seyirppavar
Semmal Sidhaikkalaa Thaar

But breathe upon them, and they surely die, Who fail to tame the pride of angry enemy

Meaning

Those who do not destroy the pride of those who hate (them) will certainly not exist even to breathe.

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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