Wealth
Chapter 79 – Friendship / Natpu
Couplet 781 What so hard for men to gain as friendship true What so sure defence ‘gainst all that foe […]...
Chapter 80 – Investigation in forming Friendships / Natpaaraaidhal
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 791 To make an untried man your friend is ruin sure; For friendship formed unbroken must endure. […]...
Chapter 81 – Familiarity / Pazhaimai
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 801 Familiarity is friendship’s silent pact, That puts restraint on no familiar act. Explanation Imtimate friendship is […]...
Chapter 82 – Evil Friendship / Thee Natpu
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 811 Though evil men should all-absorbing friendship show, Their love had better die away than grow. Explanation […]...
Chapter 83 – Unreal Friendship / Kootaanatpu
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 821 Anvil where thou shalt smitten be, when men occasion find, Is friendship’s form without consenting mind. […]...
Chapter 84 – Folly / Pedhaimai
Couplet 831 What one thing merits folly’s special name. Letting gain go, loss for one’s own to claim. Explanation Folly […]...
Chapter 85 – Ignorance / Pullarivaanmai
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 841 Want of knowledge, ‘mid all wants the sorest want we deem; Want of other things the […]...
Chapter 86 – Hostility / Ikal
Couplet 851 Hostility disunion’s plague will bring, That evil quality, to every living thing. Explanation The disease which fosters the […]...