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Thirukkural 967

Kural 967

ஒட்டார்பின் சென்றொருவன் வாழ்தலின் அந்நிலையே
கெட்டான் எனப்படுதல் நன்று.

Ottaarpin Sendroruvan Vaazhdhala�n Annilaiye
Kettaan Enappatudhal Nandru

Better 'twere said, 'He's perished!' than to gainThe means to live, following in foeman's train

Meaning

It is better for a man to be said of him that he died in his usual state than that he eked out his life by following those who disgraced him.

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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