Thirukkural 862 in English
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Tamil original
அன்பிலன் ஆன்ற துணையிலன் தான்துவ்வான்
என்பரியும் ஏதிலான் துப்பு.
Transliteration
Anpilan Aandra Thunaiyilan Thaandhuvvaan
Enpariyum Edhilaan Thuppu
Modern English
“A person who lacks love, dependable allies, and personal strength cannot easily overcome an enemy.”
Modern Interpretation
A person who lacks love, dependable allies, and personal strength cannot easily overcome an enemy. For example, a project leader who has lost the team's trust will struggle when a serious problem appears.
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Modern Plain English
A person who lacks love, dependable allies, and personal strength cannot easily overcome an enemy.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Loveless, aidless, powerless king Can he withstand an enemy strong?
G.U. Pope Translation
No kinsman's love, no strength of friends has he;How can he bear his foeman's enmity
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
How can he who is unloving, destitute of powerful aids, and himself without strength overcome the might of his foe ?
Tamil commentary
மக்களிடத்தில் அன்பு இல்லாத, வலுவான துணையும் இல்லாத, ஆற்றலும் அற்ற அரசின்மீது ஆற்றல் மிக்க பகை வந்தால், அப்பகையின் வலிமையை எப்படி அழிக்க முடியும்?
Chapter 87
More from The Might of Hatred
பகை மாட்சி
Turn from strife with foes too strong With the feeble for battle long
Kural 862Loveless, aidless, powerless king Can he withstand an enemy strong?
Kural 863Unskilled, timid, miser, misfit He is easy for foes to hit
Kural 864The wrathful restive man is prey To any, anywhere any day
Kural 865Crooked, cruel, tactless and base Any foe can fell him with ease
Kural 866Blind in rage and mad in lust To have his hatred is but just
Kural 867Pay and buy his enmity Who muddles chance with oddity
Kural 868With no virtue but full of vice He loses friends and delights foes
Kural 869The joy of heroes knows no bounds When timid fools are opponents
Kural 870Glory's light he will not gain Who fails to fight a fool and win