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Kural 1066

Kural 1066 · The Dread of Mendicancy

ஆவிற்கு நீரென்று இரப்பினும் நாவிற்கு இரவின் இளிவந்த தில்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

E'en if a draught of water for a cow you ask, Nought's so distasteful to the tongue as beggar's task.

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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