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Kural 744

Kural 744 · The Fortification

சிறுகாப்பிற் பேரிடத்த தாகி உறுபகை ஊக்கம் அழிப்ப தரண்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

A fort must need but slight defence, yet ample be, Defying all the foeman's energy.

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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