The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 374

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Fate · Virtue

இருவேறு உலகத்து இயற்கை திருவேறு தெள்ளிய ராதலும் வேறு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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இருவேறு உலகத்து இயற்கை திருவேறு தெள்ளிய ராதலும் வேறு.

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Two fold the fashion of the world: some live in fortune's light; While other some have souls in wisdom's radiance bright.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain