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Kural 412

Kural 412 · Hearing

செவுக்குண வில்லாத போழ்து சிறிது வயிற்றுக்கும் ஈயப் படும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

When 'tis no longer time the listening ear to feed With trifling dole of food supply the body's need.

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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