Thirukkural 74 in English
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Tamil original
அன்புஈனும் ஆர்வம் உடைமை அதுஈனும்
நண்பு என்னும் நாடாச் சிறப்பு.
Transliteration
Anpu Eenum Aarvam Utaimai
Adhueenum Nanpu Ennum Naataach
Modern English
“Love creates a natural interest in other people's well-being, and that concern grows into friendship.”
Modern Interpretation
Love creates a natural interest in other people's well-being, and that concern grows into friendship. Friendship becomes valuable when it is based on genuine care rather than convenience. For example, welcoming a new classmate, listening to their problems, and including them in activities can turn simple kindness into a lasting friendship.
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Modern Plain English
Love creates a natural interest in other people's well-being, and that concern grows into friendship.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Love yields aspiration and thence Friendship springs up in excellence
G.U. Pope Translation
From love fond yearning springs for union sweet of minds;And that the bond of rare excelling friendship binds
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Love begets desire: and that (desire) begets the immeasureable excellence of friendship
Tamil commentary
குடும்பம், உறவு என்பாரிடத்துக் கொள்ளும் அன்பு, உலகத்தவரிடம் எல்லாம் உறவு கொள்ளும் விருப்பை உண்டாக்கும். அதுவே அனைவரையும் நட்பாக்கும் சிறப்பையும் உண்டாக்கும்
Chapter 8
More from The Possession of Love
அன்புடைமை
What bolt can bar true love in fact The tricking tears reveal the heart
Kural 72To selves belong the loveless ones; To oth'rs the loving e'en to bones
Kural 73Soul is encased in frame of bone To taste the life of love alone
Kural 74Love yields aspiration and thence Friendship springs up in excellence
Kural 75The crowning joy of home life flows From peaceful psychic love always
Kural 76\"Love is virtue's friend\" say know-nots It helps us against evil plots
Kural 77Justice burns the loveless form Like solar blaze the boneless worm
Kural 78Life bereft of love is gloom Can sapless tree in desert bloom?
Kural 79Love is the heart which limbs must move, Or vain the outer parts will prove
Kural 80The seat of life is love alone; Or beings are but skin and bone!