வியவற்க எஞ்ஞான்றும் தன்னை நயவற்க நன்றி பயவா வினை.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 439 ↗Kural 439
Never indulge in self-complaisant mood, Nor deed desire that yields no gain of good.
G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.
Source record
Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org
MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain
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