Tirukkural Chapter 83 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 83 - கூடா நட்பு
CHAPTER 83 - FALSE FRIENDSHIP.
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83/04. முகத்தின் இனிய நகாஅ அகத்தின்னா
வஞ்சரை அஞ்சப் படும்.

83/04. Mugaththin iniya nagaa agaththinnaa
Vanjarai angchap padum.

83/04. One must be afraid of a friend
who is outward smiles but inside hates him.
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Sujata: Such fake friends are not reliable friends.

Urmila: When Julius Caesar lived
Many were his friends
But when he was killed
Many become his enemies.

He was a dictator, they all felt.
Also his friend Brutus stabbed him
And with a surprise Caesar asked him
"Et tu, Brute" meant "You too Brutus, "

One keeps on smiling at a friend,
But keeps him as an enemy in mind,
In friendship, it is a dangerous trend,
That habit, it is too difficult to mend.
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83/05. மனத்தின் அமையா தவரை எனைத்தொன்றும்
சொல்லினால் தேறற்பாற்று அன்று.

83/05. Manaththin amaiyaa dhavarai enaiththondrum
Sollinaal therrarrpaatrru andru.

83/05. If a friend's mind is not matching
it is not proper for one to take his words
and enter into any commitment.
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Sujata: There is no point in believing a friend
Whose mind is not identical to one's mind.

Urmila: No two can become friends,
If they have two different minds,
As one says "No" to a work,
And the other "Yes" to that work.

When two bulls pull a cart,
They both must walk straight.
How it'll go, if one pulls left
And another pulls right?

Unity of minds is a must,
For those minds to meet,
Otherwise they stand divided
Always both in body and mind.
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83/06. நட்டார்போல் நல்லவை சொல்லினும் ஒட்டார்சொல்
ஒல்லை உணரப் படும்.

83/06. Nattaarpol nallavai sollinum ottaarsol
Ollai unnarap padum.

83/06. A friend said words of good things, but still it will be known soon that enemy's words will do no good.
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Sujata: Though a friend talks nice words,
It can be judged by results only.

Urmila: A friend's words do not count
But his intentions here really count.
He may orally say a good thing,
But his wish may be opposite thing.

If the result comes bad then,
His real intention will be known,
That he has been misleading one,
With good words, but in wrong direction.

They're like cunning jackal,
That plays tricks with all,
To achieve its object in the end
With no idea of foe or friend.
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