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Kural 969

Kural 969 · Honour

மயிர்நீப்பின் வாழாக் கவரிமா அன்னார் உயிர்நீப்பர் மானம் வரின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Like the wild ox that, of its tuft bereft, will pine away, Are those who, of their honour shorn, will quit the light of day.

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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