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Kural 1008

Kural 1008 · Wealth without Benefaction

நச்சப் படாதவன் செல்வம் நடுவூருள் நச்சு மரம்பழுத் தற்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

When he whom no man loves exults in great prosperity, 'Tis as when fruits in midmost of the town some poisonous tree.

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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