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Kural 531

Kural 531 · Unforgetfulness

இறந்த வெகுளியின் தீதே சிறந்த உவகை மகிழ்ச்சியிற் சோர்வு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

'Tis greater ill, it rapture of o'erweening gladness to the soul Bring self-forgetfulness than if transcendent wrath control.

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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