The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1071

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Baseness · Wealth & public life

மக்களே போல்வர் கயவர் அவரன்ன ஒப்பாரி யாங்கண்ட தில்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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மக்களே போல்வர் கயவர் அவரன்ன ஒப்பாரி யாங்கண்ட தில்.

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The base resemble men in outward form, I ween; But counterpart exact to them I've never seen.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain