Thirukkural 884 in English
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Tamil original
மனமாணா உட்பகை தோன்றின் இனமாணா
ஏதம் பலவும் தரும்.
Transliteration
Manamaanaa Utpakai Thondrin Inamaanaa
Edham Palavum Tharum
Modern English
“Hidden resentment in a person's mind can create many troubles and turn members of the same circle against one another.”
Modern Interpretation
Hidden resentment in a person's mind can create many troubles and turn members of the same circle against one another. For example, an unspoken grudge in a family can spread until relatives stop supporting each other.
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Modern Plain English
Hidden resentment in a person's mind can create many troubles and turn members of the same circle against one another.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
The evil-minded foe within Foments trouble, spoils kinsmen!
G.U. Pope Translation
If secret enmities arise that minds pervert,Then even kin unkind will work thee grievous hurt
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The secret enmity of a person whose mind in unreformed will lead to many evils causing disaffection among (one's) relations
Tamil commentary
புறத்தே நட்பானவர் போல் தோன்றி அகத்தே திருந்ததாத உட்பகை உண்டானால், அது நம் சுற்றமும் நம் கட்சிக்காரரும் நம் வசப்படாதிருக்கும்படி பல சிக்கல்களையும் உண்டாக்கும்.
Chapter 89
More from Enmity within
உட்பகை
Traitorous kinsmen will make you sad As water and shade do harm when bad
Kural 882You need not sword-like kinsmen fear Fear foes who feign as kinsmen dear
Kural 883The secret foe in days evil Will cut you, beware, like potters' steel
Kural 884The evil-minded foe within Foments trouble, spoils kinsmen!
Kural 885A traitor among kinsmen will Bring life-endangering evil
Kural 886Discord in kings' circle entails Life-destroying deadly evils
Kural 887A house hiding hostiles in core Just seems on like the lid in jar
Kural 888By secret spite the house wears out Like gold crumbling by file's contact
Kural 889Ruin lurks in enmity As slit in sesame though it be
Kural 890Dwell with traitors that hate in heart Is dwelling with snake in selfsame hut