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Kural 147

Kural 147 · Not coveting another"s Wife

அறனியலான் இல்வாழ்வான் என்பான் பிறனியலாள் பெண்மை நயவா தவன்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Who sees the wife, another's own, with no desiring eye In sure domestic bliss he dwelleth ever virtuously.

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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