The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 599

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பரியது கூர்ங்கோட்டது ஆயினும் யானை வெருஉம் புலிதாக் குறின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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பரியது கூர்ங்கோட்டது ஆயினும் யானை வெருஉம் புலிதாக் குறின்.

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Huge bulk of elephant with pointed tusk all armed, When tiger threatens shrinks away alarmed!

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain