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Kural 234

Kural 234 · Renown

நிலவரை நீள்புகழ் ஆற்றின் புலவரைப் போற்றாது புத்தேள் உலகு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

If men do virtuous deeds by world-wide ample glory crowned, The heavens will cease to laud the sage for other gifts renowned.

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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