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Kural 148

Kural 148 · Not coveting another"s Wife

பிறன்மனை நோக்காத பேராண்மை சான்றோர்க்கு அறனொன்றோ ஆன்ற வொழுக்கு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Manly excellence, that looks not on another's wife, Is not virtue merely, 'tis full 'propriety' of life.

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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