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Kural 788

Kural 788 · Friendship

உடுக்கை இழந்தவன் கைபோல ஆங்கே இடுக்கண் களைவதாம் நட்பு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

As hand of him whose vesture slips away, Friendship at once the coming grief will stay.

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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