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Kural 1047

Kural 1047 · Poverty

அறஞ்சாரா நல்குரவு ஈன்றதா யானும் பிறன்போல நோக்கப் படும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

From indigence devoid of virtue's grace, The mother e'en that bare, estranged, will turn her face.

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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