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Kural 2

Kural 2 · The Praise of God

கற்றதனால் ஆய பயனென்கொல் வாலறிவன் நற்றாள் தொழாஅர் எனின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

No fruit have men of all their studied lore, Save they the 'Purely Wise One's' feet adore.

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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