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Kural 418

Kural 418 · Hearing

கேட்பினுங் கேளாத் தகையவே கேள்வியால் தோட்கப் படாத செவி.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Where teaching hath not oped the learner's ear, The man may listen, but he scarce can hear.

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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