Kural Chronicles

KURAL 803

PORUTPAAL

NATPIYAL

ADHIKAARAM 81 – PAZHAMAI – OLD FRIENDS

பழகிய நட்பெவன் செய்யுங் கெழுதகைமை
செய்தாங்கு அமையாக் கடை.

Pazhagiya natpevan seyyum kezhuthagaimai

Seythaangu amaiyaa kadai

When a longstanding friend does something in the right and intimacy of friendship, you may not agree with it but if you do not accept it as your own action, what is the point of being old friends?

Pazhagiya: familiar;  Natpu: friendship; Seyyum: does (seyal means action); Kezhuthagaimai: right of friendship;  Seythaangu: what has been done;  Amaiyaa kadai:

A close friend of long –  maybe from school, maybe from cradle – will do what he thinks is good for us. He may not even ask us and we may not agree with what he did; it may not be to our liking even; but however misguided, the intention is pure. In the circumstances, we need to accept the situation and deal with the effects of the action – good or bad – as we would the results of our own actions. That, Valluvar says is the natural reaction of lifelong friendship. If not, what point friendship?