Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Friendship (நட்பியல்) — Enmity within (உட்பகை)

Kural 881:
நிழல்நீரும் இன்னாத இன்னா தமர்நீரும்
இன்னாவாம் இன்னா செயின்.
nizhalnheerum innaadha innaa thamarnheerum
innaavaam innaa seyin
English couplet:
Water and shade, if they unwholesome prove, will bring you pain.
And qualities of friends who treacherous act, will be your bane.
Explanation: Shade and water are not pleasant, (if) they cause disease; so are the qualities of (one's) relations not agreeable, (if) they cause pain.

Kural 882:
வாள்போல பகைவரை அஞ்சற்க அஞ்சுக
கேள்போல் பகைவர் தொடர்பு.
vaaLpoala pakaivarai anjaRka anjuka
kaeLpoal pakaivar thodarpu
English couplet:
Dread not the foes that as drawn swords appear;
Friendship of foes, who seem like kinsmen, fear!.
Explanation: Fear not foes (who say they would cut) like a sword; (but) fear the friendship of foes (who seemingly act) like relations.

Kural 883:
உட்பகை அஞ்சித்தற் காக்க உலைவிடத்து
மட்பகையின் மாணத் தெறும்.
utpakai anjiththaR kaakka ulaividaththu
matpakaiyin maaNath thaeRum
English couplet:
Of hidden hate beware, and guard thy life;
In troublous time 'twill deeper wound than potter's knife.
Explanation: Fear internal enmity and guard yourself; (if not) it will destroy (you) in an evil hour, as surely as the tool which cuts the potter's clay.

Kural 884:
மனமாணா உட்பகை தோன்றின் இனமாணா
ஏதம் பலவும் தரும்.
manamaaNaa utpakai thoandrin inamaanaa
Edham palavum tharum
English couplet:
If secret enmities arise that minds pervert,
Then even kin unkind will work thee grievous hurt.
Explanation: The secret enmity of a person whose mind in unreformed will lead to many evils causing disaffection among (one's) relations.

Kural 885:
உறல்முறையான் உட்பகை தோன்றின் இறல்முறையான்
ஏதம் பலவும் தரும்.
uRalmuRraiyaan utpakai thoandrin iRalmuRaiyaan
Edham palavum tharum
English couplet:
Amid one's relatives if hidden hath arise,
'Twill hurt inflict in deadly wise.
Explanation: If there appears internal hatred in a (king's) family; it will lead to many a fatal crime.

Kural 886:
ஒன்றாமை ஒன்றியார் கட்படின் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
பொன்றாமை ஒன்றல் அரிது.
ondraamai ondriyaar katpatin eGnGnaandrum
pondraamai ondral aridhu
English couplet:
If discord finds a place midst those who dwelt at one before,
'Tis ever hard to keep destruction from the door.
Explanation: If hatred arises among (one's) own people, it will be hardly possible (for one) to escape death.

Kural 887:
செப்பின் புணர்ச்சிபோல் கூடினும் கூடாதே
உட்பகை உற்ற குடி.
seppin puNarchchipoal kootinum kootaadhae
utpakai utra kuti
English couplet:
As casket with its cover, though in one they live alway,
No union to the house where hate concealed hath sway.
Explanation: Never indeed will a family subject to internal hatred unite (really) though it may present an apparent union like that of a casket and its lid.

Kural 888:
அரம்பொருத பொன்போலத் தேயும் உரம்பொருது
உட்பகை உற்ற குடி.
aramporudha ponpoalath thaeyum uramporudhu
utpakai utra kuti
English couplet:
As gold with which the file contends is worn away,
So strength of house declines where hate concealed hath sway.
Explanation: A family subject to internal hatred will wear out and lose its strength like iron that has been filed away.

Kural 889:
எட்பக வன்ன சிறுமைத்தே ஆயினும்
உட்பகை உள்ளதாங் கேடு.
etpaka vanna siRumaiththae aayinum
utpakai uLLadhaanG kaedu
English couplet:
Though slight as shred of 'seasame' seed it be,
Destruction lurks in hidden enmity.
Explanation: Although internal hatred be as small as the fragment of the sesamum (seed), still does destruction dwell in it.

Kural 890:
உடம்பாடு இலாதவர் வாழ்க்கை குடங்கருள்
பாம்போடு உடனுறைந் தற்று.
utampaatu ilaadhavar vaazhkkai kutangaruL
paampoatu utanuRainh thatru
English couplet:
Domestic life with those who don't agree,
Is dwelling in a shed with snake for company.
Explanation: Living with those who do not agree (with one) is like dwelling with a cobra (in the same) hut.