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Kural 1003

Kural 1003 · Wealth without Benefaction

ஈட்டம் இவறி இசைவேண்டா ஆடவர் தோற்றம் நிலக்குப் பொறை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Who lust to heap up wealth, but glory hold not dear, It burthens earth when on the stage of being they appear.

G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.

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Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org

MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain

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