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Kural 1062

Kural 1062 · The Dread of Mendicancy

இரந்தும் உயிர்வாழ்தல் வேண்டின் பரந்து கெடுக உலகியற்றி யான்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

If he that shaped the world desires that men should begging go, Through life's long course, let him a wanderer be and perish so.

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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