Thirukkural 890 in English

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Tamil original

உடம்பாடு இலாதவர் வாழ்க்கை குடங்கருள்
பாம்போடு உடனுறைந் தற்று.

Transliteration

Utampaatu Ilaadhavar Vaazhkkai Kutangarul
Paampotu Utanurain Thatru

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

Living with those who do not agree (with one) is like dwelling with a cobra (in the same) hut

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

Domestic life with those who don't agree,Is dwelling in a shed with snake for company

Plain-English Meaning

Living with those who do not agree (with one) is like dwelling with a cobra (in the same) hut

மனப்பொருத்தம் இல்லா‌தவரோடு சேர்ந்து வாழும் வாழ்க்கை, ஒரு குடிசைக்குள்ளே பாம்புடன் சேர்ந்து வாழ்வது போலாகும்.

Chapter 89

உட்பகை

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