Thirukkural 529 in English
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Tamil original
தமராகிக் தற்றுறந்தார் சுற்றம் அமராமைக்
காரணம் இன்றி வரும்.
Transliteration
Thamaraakik Thatrurandhaar Sutram Amaraamaik
Kaaranam Indri Varum
Modern English
“People who left after a conflict may return when the reason for the conflict is gone, especially if you were not the cause.”
Modern Interpretation
People who left after a conflict may return when the reason for the conflict is gone, especially if you were not the cause. For example, a friend who stepped away during a misunderstanding may reconnect after the truth becomes clear.
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Modern Plain English
People who left after a conflict may return when the reason for the conflict is gone, especially if you were not the cause.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Forsaken friends will come and stay When cause for discord goes away
G.U. Pope Translation
Who once were his, and then forsook him, as beforeWill come around, when cause of disagreement is no more
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Those who have been friends and have afterwards forsaken him, will return and join themselves (to him), when the cause of disagreement is not to be found in him
Tamil commentary
முன்பு தன் அரசியல் இயக்கத்தில் இருந்து, ஆட்சியாளனிடம் உள்ள ஒழுக்கமின்மை காரணமாகப் பிரிந்து போனவர்கள், ஆட்சியாளனிடம் அந்தக் குற்றம் இல்லாது போனதைக் கண்டு அவர்களாகவே திரும்ப வருவர்.
Chapter 53
More from Cherishing Kinsmen
சுற்றந் தழால்
Let fortunes go; yet kinsmen know The old accustomed love to show
Kural 522The gift of loving Kins bestows Fadeless fortune's fresh flowers
Kural 523A kinless wealth is like a tank Which overflows without a bank
Kural 524The fruit of growing wealth is gained When kith and kin are happy found
Kural 525Loving words and liberal hand Encircle kith and kin around
Kural 526Large giver and wrathless man Commands on earth countless kinsmen
Kural 527The crows hide not; thy call and eat Welfare abides a man of heart
Kural 528From public gaze when kings perceive Each one's merits so many thrive
Kural 529Forsaken friends will come and stay When cause for discord goes away
Kural 530Who leaves and returns with motive The king should test him and receive