Thirukkural 802 in English

Tamil original, transliteration, English translation, meaning, commentary, pronunciation, and chapter context.

Tamil original

நட்பிற் குறுப்புக் கெழுதகைமை மற்றதற்கு
உப்பாதல் சான்றோர் கடன்.

Transliteration

Natpir Kuruppuk Kezhudhakaimai Matradharku
Uppaadhal Saandror Katan

English Translation

“Friendship's heart is freedom close; Wise men's duty is such to please”

Plain-English meaning

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

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

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

நண்பர்கள் உரிமையுடன் செய்வதே நட்பிற்கு உறுப்பாகும். அவ்வுரிமையை எண்ணி மகிழ்வதே சான்றோர்க்கு நீதியாகும்.

Chapter 81

பழைமை

That friendship is good amity Which restrains not one's liberty

Friendship's heart is freedom close; Wise men's duty is such to please

Of long friendship what is the use Righteous freedom if men refuse?

Things done unasked by loving friends Please the wise as familiar trends!

Offence of friends feel it easy As folloy or close intimacy

They forsake not but continue In friendship's bounds though loss ensue

Comrades established in firm love Though ruin comes waive not their vow

Fast friends who list not tales of ill Though wronged they say \"that day is well\"

To love such friends the world desires Whose friendship has unbroken ties

Even foes love for better ends Those who leave not long-standing friends