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Kural 970

Kural 970 · Honour

இளிவரின் வாழாத மானம் உடையார் ஒளிதொழுது ஏத்தும் உலகு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Who, when dishonour comes, refuse to live, their honoured memory Will live in worship and applause of all the world for aye!

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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