The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 216

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Duty to Society · Virtue

பயன்மரம் உள்ளூர்ப் பழுத்தற்றால் செல்வம் நயனுடை யான்கண் படின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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பயன்மரம் உள்ளூர்ப் பழுத்தற்றால் செல்வம் நயனுடை யான்கண் படின்.

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A tree that fruits in th' hamlet's central mart, Is wealth that falls to men of liberal heart.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain