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Thirukkural 882

Chapter 89: உட்பகை (Enmity within) · Wealth

Kural 882

வாள்போல பகைவரை அஞ்சற்க அஞ்சுக
கேள்போல் பகைவர் தொடர்பு.

Vaalpola Pakaivarai Anjarka Anjuka
Kelpol Pakaivar Thotarpu

Dread not the foes that as drawn swords appear; Friendship of foes, who seem like kinsmen, fear

Meaning

Fear not foes (who say they would cut) like a sword; (but) fear the friendship of foes (who seemingly.

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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