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Kural 494

Kural 494 · Knowing the Place

எண்ணியார் எண்ணம் இழப்பர் இடனறிந்து துன்னியார் துன்னிச் செயின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The foes who thought to triumph, find their thoughts were vain, If hosts advance, seize vantage ground, and thence the fight maintain.

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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