The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 787

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Friendship · Wealth & public life

அழிவி னவைநீக்கி ஆறுய்த்து அழிவின்கண் அல்லல் உழப்பதாம் நட்பு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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அழிவி னவைநீக்கி ஆறுய்த்து அழிவின்கண் அல்லல் உழப்பதாம் நட்பு.

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Friendship from ruin saves, in way of virtue keeps; In troublous time, it weeps with him who weeps.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain