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Kural 931

Kural 931 · Gambling

வேண்டற்க வென்றிடினும் சூதினை வென்றதூஉம் தூண்டிற்பொன் மீன்விழுங்கி அற்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Seek not the gamester's play; though you should win, Your gain is as the baited hook the fish takes in.

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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