The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 120

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Impartiality · Virtue

வாணிகம் செய்வார்க்கு வாணிகம் பேணிப் பிறவும் தமபோல் செயின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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வாணிகம் செய்வார்க்கு வாணிகம் பேணிப் பிறவும் தமபோல் செயின்.

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As thriving trader is the trader known, Who guards another's interests as his own.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain