The Living Kural
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Kural 221

Kural 221 · Giving

வறியார்க்கொன்று ஈவதே ஈகைமற் றெல்லாம் குறியெதிர்ப்பை நீர துடைத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Call that a gift to needy men thou dost dispense, All else is void of good, seeking for recompense.

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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