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Thirukkural 881

Chapter 89: உட்பகை (Enmity within) · Wealth

Kural 881

நிழல்நீரும் இன்னாத இன்னா தமர்நீரும்
இன்னாவாம் இன்னா செயின்.

Nizhalneerum Innaadha Innaa Thamarneerum
Innaavaam Innaa Seyin

Water and shade, if they unwholesome prove, will bring you painAnd qualities of friends who treacherous act, will be your bane

Meaning

Shade and water are not pleasant, (if) they cause disease; so are the qualities of (one's) relations not agreeable, (if) they cause pain.

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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