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Tirukkural-On Virtue-Avoiding Slander-Kural 187
Natpaadal thaetraa thavar
I have adopted here the line of translation done by Thiruvasakamani K M Balasubramaniam.
Those who cannot foster friendships with a smiling word,Will slander away even kinsmen to separation.
This is the interpretation of Parithiar and Kalingar, as against those of Parimelalagar and Manakudavar, who say that the separation envisaged here, is of relatives, and friends from oneself. I would go along with the former view and hold that a man who cannot 'win' friends and influence people' with a pleasing smile and friendly words would probably spread strife and separate even kinsmen and close friends.
The idea preferred by me is in keeping with the following Biblical quotation.
'A
perverse
man
spreads
strife
and
a
whisperer
separates
close
friends'.
(Proverbs
16:28)
Only of such men, Shakespeare said that, with a lean and hungry look, they were dangerous.
A
parallel
in
Sangam
literature
occurs
in
the
following
passage:
Mannarai
nayanaadi
natparukkum
vinaivar
poal
(Kalithohai-40,7)
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