Thirukkural 802 in English
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Tamil original
நட்பிற் குறுப்புக் கெழுதகைமை மற்றதற்கு
உப்பாதல் சான்றோர் கடன்.
Transliteration
Natpir Kuruppuk Kezhudhakaimai Matradharku
Uppaadhal Saandror Katan
Modern English
“A friend's freedom to act openly is part of real friendship, and accepting it shows maturity.”
Modern Interpretation
A friend's freedom to act openly is part of real friendship, and accepting it shows maturity. If a close friend changes a shared plan to help, appreciate the trust behind the gesture.
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Modern Plain English
A friend's freedom to act openly is part of real friendship, and accepting it shows maturity.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Friendship's heart is freedom close; Wise men's duty is such to please
G.U. Pope Translation
Familiar freedom friendship's very frame supplies;To be its savour sweet is duty of the wise
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The constituents of friendship are (things done through) the right of intimacy; to be pleased with such a right is the duty of the wise
Tamil commentary
நண்பர்கள் உரிமையுடன் செய்வதே நட்பிற்கு உறுப்பாகும். அவ்வுரிமையை எண்ணி மகிழ்வதே சான்றோர்க்கு நீதியாகும்.
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