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Kural 338

Kural 338 · Instability

குடம்பை தனித்து ஒழியப் புள்பறந் தற்றே உடம்பொடு உயிரிடை நட்பு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Birds fly away, and leave the nest deserted bare; Such is the short-lived friendship soul and body share.

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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