Kural Number: 0786 (Vizhiyappan's Translation)

{பால்: 2 - பொருட்பால்; இயல்: 10 - நட்பியல்; அதிகாரம்: 079 - நட்பு; குறள் எண்: 0786}

{Division: 2 - Wealth; Section: 10 - Nature of Friendship; Chapter: 079 - Friendship; Kural Number: 0786}

முகம்நக நட்பது நட்புஅன்று நெஞ்சத்து
அகம்நக நட்பது நட்பு

Befriend with cheering face, isn’t friendship!
Befriend with cheering heart, is friendship!

Vizhiyappan's Commentary: Being friendly, with cheer just on face, is not friendship! Being friendly, with cheer even at inner heart, is the friendship!

(Likewise…)

Those who have public-good just on speech, are not leaders! Those who have public-good even in action, are the leaders!

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Link: Explanation in Tamil