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Kural 342

Kural 342 · Renunciation

வேண்டின் உண் டாகத் துறக்க துறந்தபின் ஈண்டுஇயற் பால பல.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

'Renunciation' made- ev'n here true pleasures men acquire; 'Renounce' while time is yet, if to those pleasures you aspire.

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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