The Living Kural
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Kural 372

Kural 372 · Fate

பேதைப் படுக்கும் இழவூழ் அறிவகற்றும் ஆகலூழ் உற்றக் கடை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The fate that loss ordains makes wise men's wisdom foolishness; The fate that gain bestows with ampler powers will wisdom bless.

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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