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Kural 1196

Kural 1196 · The Solitary Anguish

ஒருதலையான் இன்னாது காமம்காப் போல இருதலை யானும் இனிது.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Love on one side is bad; like balanced load By porter borne, love on both sides is good.

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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