Thirukkural 801 in English
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Tamil original
பழைமை எனப்படுவது யாதெனின் யாதும்
கிழமையைக் கீழ்ந்திடா நட்பு.
Transliteration
Pazhaimai Enappatuvadhu Yaadhenin Yaadhum
Kizhamaiyaik Keezhndhitaa Natpu
Modern English
“Long friendship allows trusted friends to act with familiar freedom without destroying the bond.”
Modern Interpretation
Long friendship allows trusted friends to act with familiar freedom without destroying the bond. If a longtime friend makes a small mistake while trying to help, do not treat it as betrayal.
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Modern Plain English
Long friendship allows trusted friends to act with familiar freedom without destroying the bond.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
That friendship is good amity Which restrains not one's liberty
G.U. Pope Translation
Familiarity is friendship's silent pact,That puts restraint on no familiar act
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Imtimate friendship is that which cannot in the least be injured by (things done through the) right (of longstanding intimacy)
Tamil commentary
பழைமை என்று சொல்லப்படுவதன் பொருள் என்ன என்றால், நெடுங்கால நண்பர் நம்மீது உரிமை எடுத்துக் கொண்டு பிழைபட நடந்தாலும் அதைப் பொருட்படுத்தாத நட்பு எனலாம்.
Chapter 81
More from Familiarity
பழைமை
That friendship is good amity Which restrains not one's liberty
Kural 802Friendship's heart is freedom close; Wise men's duty is such to please
Kural 803Of long friendship what is the use Righteous freedom if men refuse?
Kural 804Things done unasked by loving friends Please the wise as familiar trends!
Kural 805Offence of friends feel it easy As folloy or close intimacy
Kural 806They forsake not but continue In friendship's bounds though loss ensue
Kural 807Comrades established in firm love Though ruin comes waive not their vow
Kural 808Fast friends who list not tales of ill Though wronged they say \"that day is well\"
Kural 809To love such friends the world desires Whose friendship has unbroken ties
Kural 810Even foes love for better ends Those who leave not long-standing friends