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Kural 420

Kural 420 · Hearing

செவியிற் சுவையுணரா வாயுணர்வின் மாக்கள் அவியினும் வாழினும் என்?

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

His mouth can taste, but ear no taste of joy can give! What matter if he die, or prosperous live?

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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