Thirukkural 806 in English
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Tamil original
எல்லைக்கண் நின்றார் துறவார் தொலைவிடத்தும்
தொல்லைக்கண் நின்றார் தொடர்பு.
Transliteration
Ellaikkan Nindraar Thuravaar Tholaivitaththum
Thollaikkan Nindraar Thotarpu
Modern English
“A person who understands true friendship does not abandon a longtime friend just because the relationship has become difficult.”
Modern Interpretation
A person who understands true friendship does not abandon a longtime friend just because the relationship has become difficult. When a friend loses a job or faces a crisis, stay supportive instead of disappearing.
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Modern Plain English
A person who understands true friendship does not abandon a longtime friend just because the relationship has become difficult.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
They forsake not but continue In friendship's bounds though loss ensue
G.U. Pope Translation
Who stand within the bounds quit not, though loss impends,Association with the old familiar friends
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Those who stand within the limits (of true friendship) will not even in adversity give up the intimacy of long-standing friends
Tamil commentary
நட்பின் எல்லையைக் கடக்காமல் வரம்பிற்குள்ளேயே நின்றவர், தம்முடன் நெடுங்காலமாக நட்புக் கொண்டவரால் கெடுதிகள் என்றாலும் அவரது நட்பினை விடமாட்டார்.
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