The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1020

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Shame · Wealth & public life

நாண்அகத் தில்லார் இயக்கம் மரப்பாவை நாணால் உயிர்மருட்டி அற்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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நாண்அகத் தில்லார் இயக்கம் மரப்பாவை நாணால் உயிர்மருட்டி அற்று.

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'Tis as with strings a wooden puppet apes life's functions, when Those void of shame within hold intercourse with men.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain