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Kural 495

Kural 495 · Knowing the Place

நெடும்புனலுள் வெல்லும் முதலை அடும்புனலின் நீங்கின் அதனைப் பிற.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The crocodile prevails in its own flow of water wide, If this it leaves, 'tis slain by anything beside.

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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