The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 944

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Medicine · Wealth & public life

அற்றது அறிந்து கடைப்பிடித்து மாறல்ல துய்க்க துவரப் பசித்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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அற்றது அறிந்து கடைப்பிடித்து மாறல்ல துய்க்க துவரப் பசித்து.

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Knowing the food digested well, when hunger prompteth thee, With constant care, the viands choose that well agree.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain