The Living Kural
Virtue / CHAPTER 25

Kural 250

Kural 250 · Compassion

வலியார்முன் தன்னை நினைக்க தான் தன்னின் மெலியார்மேல் செல்லு மிடத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

When weaker men you front with threat'ning brow, Think how you felt in presence of some stronger foe.

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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