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Kural 166

Kural 166 · Not Envying

கொடுப்பது அழுக்கறுப்பான் சுற்றம் உடுப்பதூஉம் உண்பதூஉம் இன்றிக் கெடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Who scans good gifts to others given with envious eye, His kin, with none to clothe or feed them, surely die.

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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