{"id":1019,"date":"2026-10-25T15:15:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/?post_type=verse&#038;p=1019"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:15:23","slug":"kural-817","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kural-817\/","title":{"rendered":"Kural 817 \u00b7 \u0ba8\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf \u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0ba8\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf \u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harm from enemies is better by ten crores than the friendship of those whose only mode is laughter and flattery.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[40],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-1019","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 817","verse_sort":817,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0ba8\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf \u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":151,"transliteration":"Nakaivakaiya Raakiya Natpin Pakaivaraal \/ Paththatuththa Koti Urum","couplet_en":"The hate of enemies is a hundred million times more valuable than the friendship of boon companions and flatterers.","word_meanings":"\u0ba8\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf | those who are merely laughing\/flattering friends\n\u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd | than friendship\n\u0baa\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd | than enemies\n\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbf | ten crores multiplied\n\u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd | will be","meaning_ta":"\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f, \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bae\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"Harm from enemies is better by ten crores than the friendship of those whose only mode is laughter and flattery.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bc1. \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1, \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bae\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bcb\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd. 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False friendship of the laughing, pleasant-talking kind is worse by ten crores than the harm from enemies, says Valluvar. 'Nagaivagaiyaraagiya natpu' is friendship that consists only of laughter, flattering friendship without love or help. Because we believe such people are friends, we entrust to them secrets, goods and trust. At the right moment they use these to bring us down.\n\nAn enemy attacks openly, and we are on our guard against him in advance. But with a falsely friendly person who mixes pleasantly, we lower our own guard. He finds easy opportunity to deceive. So the harm he does is many times greater. 'Paththaduththa kodi' is a crore upon a crore, an incalculable measure.\n\nThis verse is not meant to foster distrust, but to make us deal wisely. A pleasing face alone should not be taken as the proof of friendship. The true proof is conduct displayed in action and in difficult hours.\n\nThere is a protective habit that follows from the verse. Before confiding a secret or committing resources to someone whose manner is only pleasant, give a small test: a small responsibility, a small request, a small silence. 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Opposite his shop was another shopkeeper, Ramasamy. Every day Ramasamy would smile at Arumugam and say, \"Greetings, elder brother.\" When Arumugam's shop did well, he praised him. Once a week he invited him for tea.\n\nArumugam trusted him as a friend. He told him all his trade secrets: his suppliers, customers, prices and discounts. Ramasamy listened carefully.\n\nWithin a few months Arumugam's customers began going one by one to Ramasamy's shop. There they found goods at lower prices than at Arumugam's. Arumugam's suppliers too gave Ramasamy discounts. By the time he understood that the secrets he himself had told lay behind it all, it was too late.\n\nArumugam's heart broke. He went and asked Ramasamy directly. With the same smile, Ramasamy said, \"This is common in business, elder brother.\" That smile now burned in Arumugam's mind.\n\nArumugam taught his children the same. We need not despise everyone who speaks sweetly, he said, but we should not slacken our guard on the strength of sweetness alone.\n\nThe next day another shopkeeper, an open competitor, came and said, \"I am your competitor, but I will never ask your secrets. If you trade honestly, both of us can live.\" There was sharpness in his words, but also honesty. That day Arumugam fully understood that the face of friendship is one thing and truth another.","reflection_ta":"\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8, \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"Whose open rivalry do you trust more than another's smiling closeness?","image_prompt":"Two cloth shops facing each other on a Tamil town street, one shopkeeper smiling warmly over his counter at his neighbour while secretly noting down figures, coloured silks and cottons, scales and a ledger, 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\/1019","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\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1872,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1019\/revisions\/1872"}],"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=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}