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Kural 82

Kural 82 · Hospitality

விருந்து புறத்ததாத் தானுண்டல் சாவா மருந்தெனினும் வேண் டற்பாற் றன்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Though food of immortality should crown the board, Feasting alone, the guests without unfed, is thing abhorred.

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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