Thirukkural 882 in English

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Tamil original

வாள்போல பகைவரை அஞ்சற்க அஞ்சுக
கேள்போல் பகைவர் தொடர்பு.

Transliteration

Vaalpola Pakaivarai Anjarka Anjuka
Kelpol Pakaivar Thotarpu

English Translation

“You need not sword-like kinsmen fear Fear foes who feign as kinsmen dear”

Plain-English meaning

Fear not foes (who say they would cut) like a sword; (but) fear the friendship of foes (who seemingly

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English Translation

You need not sword-like kinsmen fear Fear foes who feign as kinsmen dear

G.U. Pope Translation

Dread not the foes that as drawn swords appear;Friendship of foes, who seem like kinsmen, fear

Plain-English Meaning

Fear not foes (who say they would cut) like a sword; (but) fear the friendship of foes (who seemingly

வாளைப்போல் வெளிப்படையாகத் தெரியும் பகைவர்க்கு அஞ்ச வேண்டா; நண்பரைப்போல் வெளியில் காட்டி மனத்துள் பகைவராக‌வே இருப்போரின் தொடர்புக்கு அஞ்சுக.

Chapter 89

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Traitorous kinsmen will make you sad As water and shade do harm when bad

You need not sword-like kinsmen fear Fear foes who feign as kinsmen dear

The secret foe in days evil Will cut you, beware, like potters' steel

The evil-minded foe within Foments trouble, spoils kinsmen!

A traitor among kinsmen will Bring life-endangering evil

Discord in kings' circle entails Life-destroying deadly evils

A house hiding hostiles in core Just seems on like the lid in jar

By secret spite the house wears out Like gold crumbling by file's contact

Ruin lurks in enmity As slit in sesame though it be

Dwell with traitors that hate in heart Is dwelling with snake in selfsame hut