The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 576

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Benignity · Wealth & public life

மண்ணோ டியைந்த மரத்தனையர் கண்ணோ டியைந்துகண் ணோடா தவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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மண்ணோ டியைந்த மரத்தனையர் கண்ணோ டியைந்துகண் ணோடா தவர்.

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Whose eyes 'neath brow infixed diffuse no ray Of grace; like tree in earth infixed are they.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain