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Kural 252

Kural 252 · Abstinence from Flesh

பொருளாட்சி போற்றாதார்க்கு இல்லை அருளாட்சி ஆங்கில்லை ஊன்தின் பவர்க்கு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

No use of wealth have they who guard not their estate; No use of grace have they with flesh who hunger sate.

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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