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Kural 966

Kural 966 · Honour

புகழ்இன்றால் புத்தேள்நாட்டு உய்யாதால் என்மற்று இகழ்வார்பின் சென்று நிலை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

It yields no praise, nor to the land of Gods throws wide the gate: Why follow men who scorn, and at their bidding wait?

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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