வேலொடு நின்றான் இடுவென் றதுபோலும் கோலொடு நின்றான் இரவு.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 552 ↗Kural 552
As 'Give' the robber cries with lance uplift, So kings with sceptred hand implore a gift.
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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