புகழ்புரிந்த இல்லிலோர்க்கு இல்லை இகழ்வார்முன் ஏறுபோல் பீடு நடை.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 59 ↗Kural 59
Who have not spouses that in virtue's praise delight, They lion-like can never walk in scorner's sight.
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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