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Kural 1046

Kural 1046 · Poverty

நற்பொருள் நன்குணர்ந்து சொல்லினும் நல்கூர்ந்தார் சொற்பொருள் சோர்வு படும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Though deepest sense, well understood, the poor man's words convey, Their sense from memory of mankind will fade away.

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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