The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 9

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The Praise of God · Virtue

கோளில் பொறியின் குணமிலவே எண்குணத்தான் தாளை வணங்காத் தலை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கோளில் பொறியின் குணமிலவே எண்குணத்தான் தாளை வணங்காத் தலை.

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Before His foot, 'the Eight-fold Excellence,' with unbent head, Who stands, like palsied sense, is to all living functions dead.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain