{"id":1018,"date":"2026-10-25T15:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/?post_type=verse&#038;p=1018"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:15:23","slug":"kural-816","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kural-816\/","title":{"rendered":"Kural 816 \u00b7 \u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0b8f\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The enmity of the wise is a crore times better than the very close friendship of a fool.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[40],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-1018","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","kural_section-natpiyal","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-thiruvalluvar","work_title-thirukkural"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd 816","verse_sort":816,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\n\u0b8f\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":151,"transliteration":"Pedhai Perungezheei Natpin Arivutaiyaar \/ Edhinmai Koti Urum","couplet_en":"The enmity of the wise is ten million times better than the intimacy of fools.","word_meanings":"\u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bc8 | fool\n\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87 | great closeness\n\u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd | than the friendship\n\u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | the wise\n\u0b8f\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 | enmity, alienation\n\u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd | is worth crores more","meaning_ta":"\u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f, \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bae\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"The enmity of the wise is a crore times better than the very close friendship of a fool.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bae\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8f\u0ba9\u0bcd? 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Even if a foolish friend is very close, says Valluvar, the enmity of a wise man is a crore times better than his friendship. Why? A wise enemy keeps a sense of dharma, order and limit even in his acts. Even if he harms us, it will not exceed bounds. But a foolish friend's acts, even when done lovingly, can bring great harm through want of discernment. His intention may be good but the result is ruin.\n\n'Edhinmai' is read as enmity or estrangement. 'Kodi urum' means a crore times more. Valluvar's exaggeration of the number shows strong emphasis. 'Kezheei' means to come close; 'perungezheei' is very close. That is, even if that fool is a very close friend.\n\nIn today's world the meaning is plain: a well-meaning but unwise person may divulge our secret or spoil our decisions. A wise adversary or competitor will not easily do so. One can be cautious against an enemy, but one cannot be cautious against a foolish friend, since one trusts him. That is why he is more dangerous.\n\nThe wise enemy even has a use. He tells us, by his opposition, where our weaknesses lie and holds us to a standard; the fool friend only applauds. The famous tale of the monkey who killed his king while swatting a fly from his face is the standard illustration of a loving but foolish friend.","story_title_ta":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0baa\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 '\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba9\u0bcd' \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd; 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Once a king kept a monkey in his palace. The monkey was deeply attached to the king, and the king treated it as his bodyguard. It stayed always beside him, and went wherever he went.\n\nOne day, after the midday meal, the king rested in the shade of a tree in the palace garden. As usual the monkey stood guard beside him with a sword. The king slept soundly. A fly came flying and sat on the king's chest. The monkey drove it off. The fly flew away and came back and settled again.\n\nThis happened again and again. The monkey grew angry. \"This fly is troubling my king; I shall finish it with one stroke,\" it thought, and raising the sword, struck at the fly. Whether the sword killed the fly or not, it split the king's chest. The king died.\n\nThe monkey's intention was good; it wished to protect the king lovingly. But its lack of sense took the king's life. The Panchatantra says that the love of such a foolish friend is not only useless but dangerous.\n\nIn the same tradition there is another lesson: a wise enemy is safer than a foolish friend. This tale explains in a simple way Valluvar's idea that the enmity of the wise is worth a crore times more.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbf, \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Has well-meaning but thoughtless help ever cost you more than no help would have?","image_prompt":"A monkey standing guard with a drawn sword beside a sleeping king under a banyan tree in a palace garden, a fly on the king's chest, peacocks and fountains, Panchatantra-style illustration, warm palm-leaf manuscript and Tanjore-painting inspired style, ivory, ochre, copper and deep teal palette, ornate gold border, no text or letters in the image."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/verse"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1871,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1018\/revisions\/1871"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}