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Kural 1053

Kural 1053 · Mendicancy

கரப்பிலா நெஞ்சின் கடனறிவார் முன்நின்று இரப்புமோ ரேஎர் உடைத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The men who nought deny, but know what's due, before their face To stand as suppliants affords especial grace.

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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