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Kural 779

Kural 779 · Military Spirit

இழைத்தது இகவாமைச் சாவாரை யாரே பிழைத்தது ஒறுக்கிற் பவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Who says they err, and visits them scorn, Who die and faithful guard the vow they've sworn?

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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