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Kural 87

Kural 87 · Hospitality

இனைத்துணைத் தென்பதொன் றில்லை விருந்தின் துணைத்துணை வேள்விப் பயன்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

To reckon up the fruit of kindly deeds were all in vain; Their worth is as the worth of guests you entertain.

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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