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Kural 741

Kural 741 · The Fortification

ஆற்று பவர்க்கும் அரண்பொருள் அஞ்சித்தற் போற்று பவர்க்கும் பொருள்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

A fort is wealth to those who act against their foes; Is wealth to them who, fearing, guard themselves from woes.

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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