Thirukkural 447 in English

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Tamil original

இடிக்குந் துணையாரை யாள்வரை யாரே
கெடுக்குந் தகைமை யவர்.

Transliteration

Itikkun Thunaiyaarai Yaalvarai Yaare
Ketukkun Thakaimai Yavar

English Translation

“No foe can foil his powers whose friends reprove him when he errs”

Plain-English meaning

Who are great enough to destroy him who has servants that have power to rebuke him ?

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English Translation

No foe can foil his powers whose friends reprove him when he errs

G.U. Pope Translation

What power can work his fall, who faithful ministersEmploys, that thunder out reproaches when he errs

Plain-English Meaning

Who are great enough to destroy him who has servants that have power to rebuke him ?

தீயன கண்டபோது நெருங்கிச் சொல்லும் துறைப் பெரியவரைத் துணையாகக் கொண்டு செயல்படுபவரைக் கெடுக்கக் கூடியவர் எவர்?

Chapter 45

பெரியாரைத் துணைக்கோடல்

Weigh their worth and friendship gain Of men of virtue and mature brain

Cherish the help of men of skill Who ward and safe-guard you from ill

Honour and have the great your own Is rarest of the rare things known

To have betters as intimates Power of all powers promotes

Ministers are the monarch's eyes Round him should be the right and wise

To move with worthy friends who knows Has none to fear from frightful foes

No foe can foil his powers whose friends reprove him when he errs

The careless king whom none reproves Ruins himself sans harmful foes

No capital, no gain in trade No prop secure sans good comrade

To give up good friends is ten times worse Than being hated by countless foes