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Chapter 79: நட்பு

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 79

Kural 788

நட்பு

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திருக்குறள்

உடுக்கை இழந்தவன் கைபோல ஆங்கே இடுக்கண் களைவதாம் நட்பு.

Utukkai Izhandhavan Kaipola Aange Itukkan Kalaivadhaam Natpu

“Friendship hastens help in mishaps Like hands picking up dress that slips”

As hand of him whose vesture slips away,Friendship at once the coming grief will stay

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Kural #788

The Instant Rescue

The story mirrors the Kural by showing Rohan's instinctive and immediate reaction to Arjun's crisis, much like the reflexive action of a hand fixing a loose garment. (True) friendship hastens to the rescue of the afflicted (as readily) as the hand of one whose garment is loosened (before an assembly)

6–10 yr 1 min