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Thirukkural 883

Chapter 89: உட்பகை (Enmity within) · Wealth

Kural 883

உட்பகை அஞ்சித்தற் காக்க உலைவிடத்து
மட்பகையின் மாணத் தெறும்.

Utpakai Anjiththar Kaakka Ulaivitaththu
Matpakaiyin Maanath Therum

Of hidden hate beware, and guard thy life; In troublous time 'twill deeper wound than potter's knife

Meaning

Fear internal enmity and guard yourself; (if not) it will destroy (you) in an evil hour, as surely as the tool which cuts the potter's clay.

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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