The Living Kural
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Kural 89

Kural 89 · Hospitality

உடைமையுள் இன்மை விருந்தோம்பல் ஓம்பா மடமை மடவார்கண் உண்டு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

To turn from guests is penury, though worldly goods abound; 'Tis senseless folly, only with the senseless found.

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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