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Kural 171

Kural 171 · Not Coveting

நடுவின்றி நன்பொருள் வெஃகின் குடிபொன்றிக் குற்றமும் ஆங்கே தரும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

With soul unjust to covet others' well-earned store, Brings ruin to the home, to evil opes the door.

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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