The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 893

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Not Offending the Great · Wealth & public life

கெடல்வேண்டின் கேளாது செய்க அடல்வேண்டின் ஆற்று பவர்கண் இழுக்கு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கெடல்வேண்டின் கேளாது செய்க அடல்வேண்டின் ஆற்று பவர்கண் இழுக்கு.

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Who ruin covet let them shut their ears, and do despite To those who, where they list to ruin have the might.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain