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Kural 1323

Kural 1323 · The Pleasures of Temporary Variance

புலத்தலின் புத்தேள்நாடு உண்டோ நிலத்தொடு நீரியைந் தன்னார் அகத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Is there a bliss in any world more utterly divine, Than 'coyness' gives, when hearts as earth and water join?

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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