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Kural 1298

Kural 1298 · Expostulation with Oneself

எள்ளின் இளிவாம்என்று எண்ணி அவர்திறம் உள்ளும் உயிர்க்காதல் நெஞ்சு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

If I contemn him, then disgrace awaits me evermore; My soul that seeks to live his virtues numbers o'er.

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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