The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1051

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Mendicancy · Wealth & public life

இரக்க இரத்தக்கார்க் காணின் கரப்பின் அவர்பழி தம்பழி அன்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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இரக்க இரத்தக்கார்க் காணின் கரப்பின் அவர்பழி தம்பழி அன்று.

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When those you find from whom 'tis meet to ask,- for aid apply; Theirs is the sin, not yours, if they the gift deny.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain