அறவாழி அந்தணன் தாள்சேர்ந்தார்க் கல்லால் பிறவாழி நீந்தல் அரிது.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 8 ↗Kural 8
Unless His feet 'the Sea of Good, the Fair and Bountiful,' men gain, 'Tis hard the further bank of being's changeful sea to attain.
G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.
Source record
Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org
MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain
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