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Love / CHAPTER 114

Kural 1138

Kural 1138 · The Abandonment of Reserve

நிறையரியர் மன்அளியர் என்னாது காமம் மறையிறந்து மன்று படும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

In virtue hard to move, yet very tender, too, are we; Love deems not so, would rend the veil, and court publicity!

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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