Thirukkural 107 in English
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Tamil original
எழுமை எழுபிறப்பும் உள்ளுவர் தங்கண்
விழுமந் துடைத்தவர் நட்பு.
Transliteration
Ezhumai Ezhupirappum Ulluvar Thangan
Vizhuman Thutaiththavar Natpu
Modern English
“The people who helped you through your darkest moments deserve to be remembered for as long as you live, not just until things get easier.”
Modern Interpretation
The people who helped you through your darkest moments deserve to be remembered for as long as you live, not just until things get easier. Real gratitude doesn't have an expiry date. For example, the teacher who believed in you during a difficult year is someone worth thanking again, even a decade later.
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Modern Plain English
The people who helped you through your darkest moments deserve to be remembered for as long as you live, not just until things get easier.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Through sevenfold births, in memory fares The willing friend who wiped one's tears
G.U. Pope Translation
Through all seven worlds, in seven-fold birth, Remains in mem'ry of the wiseFriendship of those who wiped on earth, The tears of sorrow from their eyes
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
(The wise) will remember throughout their seven-fold births the love of those who have wiped away their affliction
Tamil commentary
தம் துன்பத்தைப் போக்கியவரின் நட்பை ஏழேழு பிறப்பிலும் நல்லவர் எண்ணுவர்
Chapter 11
More from Gratitude
செய்ந்நன்றியறிதல்
Unhelped in turn good help given Exceeds in worth earth and heaven
Kural 102A help rendered in hour of need Though small is greater than the world
Kural 103Help rendered without weighing fruits Outweighs the sea in grand effects
Kural 104Help given though millet-small Knowers count its good palm-tree tall
Kural 105A help is not the help's measure It is gainer's worth and pleasure
Kural 106Forget not friendship of the pure Forsake not timely helpers sure
Kural 107Through sevenfold births, in memory fares The willing friend who wiped one's tears
Kural 108To forget good turns is not good Good it is over wrong not to brood
Kural 109Let deadly harms be forgotten While remembering one good-turn
Kural 110The virtue-killer may be saved Not benefit-killer who is damned