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Thirukkural 888

Chapter 89: உட்பகை (Enmity within) · Wealth

Kural 888

அரம்பொருத பொன்போலத் தேயும் உரம்பொருது
உட்பகை உற்ற குடி.

Aramporudha Ponpolath Theyum Uramporudhu
Utpakai Utra Kuti

As gold with which the file contends is worn away, So strength of house declines where hate concealed hath sway

Meaning

A family subject to internal hatred will wear out and lose its strength like iron that has been filed away.

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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