Tirukkural Chapter 79 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 79 - நட்பு
CHAPTER 79 - FRIENDSHIP.
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79/01. செயற்கரிய யாவுள நட்பின் அதுபோல்
வினைக்கரிய யாவுள காப்பு?

79/01. Seyarkariya yaavulla natpin adhupol
vinaikariya yaavulla kaappu.

79/01. Is there any rare thing other than one making friendship?
Having done that friendship is there any safety from enemy's action?
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Dasarad: A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Who can give safety to one against enemy other than a friend?

Murali: Where others will hesitate
A friend will not hesitate
To extend his help to one
Who's in a bad situation.

One can confide any secret
With a friend, the one dearest,
And he'll never let it out
Even if his life goes out.

One can share his feelings
With his sincere friends
To get relief from worries
As they give better solutions.
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79/02. நிறைநீர் நீரவர் கேண்மை பிறைமதிப்
பின்னீர பேதையார் நட்பு.

79/02. Niraineer neeravar kennmai pirraimadhip
Pinneera pedhaiyaar natpu.

79/02. A wise man makes friendship like waxing moon.
An unwise man makes friendship like a waning moon.
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Dasarad: A wise man will choose good friends,
While an unwise man will get bad friends.

Murali: All cannot be friends
Some are lifelong friends.
Some are like companions,
Who'll disappear later on.

A wise man's friends
Are like a waxing moon,
While an unwise man's friends
Are like a waning moon.

(There is a saying in Tamil like this)

A thread gets its aroma
From its flower garland,
While a calf friendly with a pig
Acquires all the pig's bad habits.
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79/03. நவில்தொறும் நூல்நயம் போலும் பயில்தொறும்
பண்புடை யாளர் தொடர்பு.

79/03. Navilthorrum noolnayam polum payilthorum
Pannpudai yaallar thodharbu.

79/03. A wise person feels happy when he moves with his good friend,
like one who feels happy when he is reading a good literature.
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Dasarad: Really one is happy reading a good literature
And also moving with a good friend.

Murali: Reading a good book,
Moving with a good friend,
No doubt, will give happiness
To a wise man having friends.

He may learn new things
Both from good books
As well as from friends
Thus his knowledge expands.

A proverb goes to say:
"A good book is a good friend, "
As both keeps one engaged
In the useful literary field.
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