Thirukkural 820 in English
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Tamil original
எனைத்தும் குறுகுதல் ஓம்பல் மனைக்கெழீஇ
மன்றில் பழிப்பார் தொடர்பு.
Transliteration
Enaiththum Kurukudhal Ompal Manaikkezheei
Mandril Pazhippaar Thotarpu
Modern English
“Keep your distance from people who are warm in private but ridicule you in public.”
Modern Interpretation
Keep your distance from people who are warm in private but ridicule you in public. If a classmate is kind when you are alone but mocks you in a group, that is not a friendship to protect.
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Modern Plain English
Keep your distance from people who are warm in private but ridicule you in public.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Keep aloof from those that smile At home and in public revile
G.U. Pope Translation
In anywise maintain not intercourse with those,Who in the house are friends, in hall are slandering foes
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Avoid even the least approach to a contraction of friendship with those who would love you in private but ridicule you in public
Tamil commentary
நம் வீட்டுக்குள் வந்து நட்புக் கொண்டாடிப் பலர் இருக்கும் சபையில் நம்மைப் பழிப்பவரின் தொடர்பைச் சிறிதளவும் சேரவிட வேண்டா.
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