The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 500

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Knowing the Place · Wealth & public life

காலாழ் களரில் நரியடும் கண்ணஞ்சா வேலாள் முகத்த களிறு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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காலாழ் களரில் நரியடும் கண்ணஞ்சா வேலாள் முகத்த களிறு.

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The jackal slays, in miry paths of foot-betraying fen, The elephant of fearless eye and tusks transfixing armed men.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain