Thirukkural 805 in English
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Tamil original
பேதைமை ஒன்றோ பெருங்கிழமை என்றுணர்க
நோதக்க நட்டார் செயின்.
Transliteration
Pedhaimai Ondro Perungizhamai Endrunarka
Nodhakka Nattaar Seyin
Modern English
“When a friend does something hurtful, it may come from ignorance or from feeling close enough to act freely.”
Modern Interpretation
When a friend does something hurtful, it may come from ignorance or from feeling close enough to act freely. Before ending the friendship over a mistake, ask whether they misunderstood or assumed your trust.
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Modern Plain English
When a friend does something hurtful, it may come from ignorance or from feeling close enough to act freely.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Offence of friends feel it easy As folloy or close intimacy
G.U. Pope Translation
Not folly merely, but familiar carelessness,Esteem it, when your friends cause you distress
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
If friends should perform what is painful, understand that it is owing not only to ignorance, but also to the strong claims of intimacy
Tamil commentary
நாம் வருந்தத்தக்கவற்றை நம் நண்பர் செய்வார் என்றால், அதற்கு அறியாமை மட்டுந்தானா, பெரும் உரிமையும் காரணம் என்று அறிக.
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