Thirukkural 106 in English

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Tamil original

மறவற்க மாசற்றார் கேண்மை துறவற்க
துன்பத்துள் துப்பாயார் நட்பு.

Transliteration

Maravarka Maasatraar Kenmai Thuravarka
Thunpaththul Thuppaayaar Natpu

English Translation

“Forget not friendship of the pure Forsake not timely helpers sure”

Plain-English meaning

Forsake not the friendship of those who have been your staff in adversity Forget not be benevolence of the blameless

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English Translation

Forget not friendship of the pure Forsake not timely helpers sure

G.U. Pope Translation

Kindness of men of stainless soul remember evermoreForsake thou never friends who were thy stay in sorrow sore

Plain-English Meaning

Forsake not the friendship of those who have been your staff in adversity Forget not be benevolence of the blameless

உன் துன்பத்துள் துணையாக நின்றவரின் நட்பை விடாதே; அறிவு ஒழுக்கங்களில் குற்றம் இல்லாதவரின் நட்பை மறந்து விடாதே.

Chapter 11

செய்ந்நன்றியறிதல்

Unhelped in turn good help given Exceeds in worth earth and heaven

A help rendered in hour of need Though small is greater than the world

Help rendered without weighing fruits Outweighs the sea in grand effects

Help given though millet-small Knowers count its good palm-tree tall

A help is not the help's measure It is gainer's worth and pleasure

Forget not friendship of the pure Forsake not timely helpers sure

Through sevenfold births, in memory fares The willing friend who wiped one's tears

To forget good turns is not good Good it is over wrong not to brood

Let deadly harms be forgotten While remembering one good-turn

The virtue-killer may be saved Not benefit-killer who is damned