The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 788

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Friendship · Wealth & public life

உடுக்கை இழந்தவன் கைபோல ஆங்கே இடுக்கண் களைவதாம் நட்பு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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உடுக்கை இழந்தவன் கைபோல ஆங்கே இடுக்கண் களைவதாம் நட்பு.

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As hand of him whose vesture slips away, Friendship at once the coming grief will stay.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain