Thirukkural 816 in English
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Tamil original
பேதை பெருங்கெழீஇ நட்பின் அறிவுடையார்
ஏதின்மை கோடி உறும்.
Transliteration
Pedhai Perungezheei Natpin Arivutaiyaar
Edhinmai Koti Urum
Modern English
“The opposition of a wise person can help more than the close friendship of a fool.”
Modern Interpretation
The opposition of a wise person can help more than the close friendship of a fool. A thoughtful critic who challenges your plan may do you more good than a reckless friend who always agrees.
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Modern Plain English
The opposition of a wise person can help more than the close friendship of a fool.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Million times the wise man's hate Is better than a fool intimate
G.U. Pope Translation
Better ten million times incur the wise man's hate,Than form with foolish men a friendship intimate
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The hatred of the wise is ten-million times more profitable than the excessive intimacy of the fool
Tamil commentary
அறிவற்றவனின் மிக நெருக்கமான நட்பைக் காட்டிலும் அறிவுடையார்களின் பகை, கோடி நன்மையாம்.
Chapter 82
More from Evil Friendship
தீ நட்பு
Swallowing love of soulless men Had better wane than wax anon
Kural 812Who fawn in wealth and fail in dearth Gain or lose; such friends have no worth
Kural 813Cunning friends who calculate Are like thieves and whores wicked
Kural 814Better be alone than trust in those That throw in field like faithless horse
Kural 815Friends low and mean that give no help- Leave them is better than to keep
Kural 816Million times the wise man's hate Is better than a fool intimate
Kural 817Ten-fold crore you gain from foes Than from friends who are vain laughers
Kural 818Without a word those friends eschew Who spoil deeds which they can do
Kural 819Even in dreams the tie is bad With those whose deed is far from word
Kural 820Keep aloof from those that smile At home and in public revile