The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 898

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Not Offending the Great · Wealth & public life

குன்றன்னார் குன்ற மதிப்பின் குடியொடு நின்றன்னார் மாய்வர் நிலத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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குன்றன்னார் குன்ற மதிப்பின் குடியொடு நின்றன்னார் மாய்வர் நிலத்து.

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If they, whose virtues like a mountain rise, are light esteemed; They die from earth who, with their households, ever-during seemed.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain