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Kural 1006

Kural 1006 · Wealth without Benefaction

ஏதம் பெருஞ்செல்வம் தான்துவ்வான் தக்கார்க்கொன்று ஈதல் இயல்பிலா தான்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Their ample wealth is misery to men of churlish heart, Who nought themselves enjoy, and nought to worthy men impart.

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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