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Kural 12

Kural 12 · The Blessing of Rain

துப்பார்க்குத் துப்பாய துப்பாக்கித் துப்பார்க்குத் துப்பாய தூஉம் மழை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The rain makes pleasant food for eaters rise; As food itself, thirst-quenching draught supplies.

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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