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Thirukkural 890

Chapter 89: உட்பகை (Enmity within) · Wealth

Kural 890

உடம்பாடு இலாதவர் வாழ்க்கை குடங்கருள்
பாம்போடு உடனுறைந் தற்று.

Utampaatu Ilaadhavar Vaazhkkai Kutangarul
Paampotu Utanurain Thatru

Domestic life with those who don't agree, Is dwelling in a shed with snake for company

Meaning

Living with those who do not agree (with one) is like dwelling with a cobra (in the same) hut.

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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