Thirukkural 859 in English
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Tamil original
இகல்காணான் ஆக்கம் வருங்கால் அதனை
மிகல்காணும் கேடு தரற்கு.
Transliteration
Ikalkaanaan Aakkam Varungaal Adhanai
Mikalkaanum Ketu Thararku
Modern English
“When good fortune is approaching, a wise person does not nurture resentment; someone seeking ruin makes every grievance bigger.”
Modern Interpretation
When good fortune is approaching, a wise person does not nurture resentment; someone seeking ruin makes every grievance bigger. For example, one small mistake need not destroy a promising partnership.
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Modern Plain English
When good fortune is approaching, a wise person does not nurture resentment; someone seeking ruin makes every grievance bigger.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Fortune favours when hate recedes Hatred exceeding ruin breeds
G.U. Pope Translation
Men think not hostile thought in fortune's favouring hour,They cherish enmity when in misfortune's power
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
At the approach of wealth one will not think of hatred (but) to secure one's ruin, one will look to its increase
Tamil commentary
ஒருவனுக்கு நன்மை வரும் போது காரணம் இருந்தாலும் மனவேறுபாடு கொள்ள மாட்டான்.தனக்குத் தானேகேட்டை விளைவிக்க எண்ணுபவன், காரணம் இல்லாவிட்டாலும் மனவேறுபாடு கொள்ள எண்ணுவான்.
Chapter 86
More from Hostility
இகல்
Hatred is a plague that divides And rouses illwill on all sides
Kural 852Rouse not hatred and confusion Though foes provoke disunion
Kural 853Shun the plague of enmity And win everlasting glory
Kural 854Hate-the woe of woes destroy; Then joy of joys you can enjoy
Kural 855Who can overcome them in glory That are free from enmity?
Kural 856His fall and ruin are quite near Who holds enmity sweet and dear
Kural 857They cannot see the supreme Truth Who hate and injure without ruth
Kural 858To turn from enmity is gain Fomenting it brings fast ruin
Kural 859Fortune favours when hate recedes Hatred exceeding ruin breeds
Kural 860All evils come from enmity All goodness flow from amity