The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 11

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The Blessing of Rain · Virtue

வான்நின்று உலகம் வழங்கி வருதலால் தான்அமிழ்தம் என்றுணரற் பாற்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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வான்நின்று உலகம் வழங்கி வருதலால் தான்அமிழ்தம் என்றுணரற் பாற்று.

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The world its course maintains through life that rain unfailing gives; Thus rain is known the true ambrosial food of all that lives.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain