The Living Kural
Virtue / CHAPTER 9

Kural 88

Kural 88 · Hospitality

பரிந்தோம்பிப் பற்றற்றேம் என்பர் விருந்தோம்பி வேள்வி தலைப்படா தார்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

With pain they guard their stores, yet 'All forlorn are we,' they'll cry, Who cherish not their guests, nor kindly help supply.

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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