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Kural 1326

Kural 1326 · The Pleasures of Temporary Variance

உணலினும் உண்டது அறல்இனிது காமம் புணர்தலின் ஊடல் இனிது.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

'Tis sweeter to digest your food than 'tis to eat; In love, than union's self is anger feigned more sweet.

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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