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Kural 1016

Kural 1016 · Shame

நாண்வேலி கொள்ளாது மன்னோ வியன்ஞாலம் பேணலர் மேலா யவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Unless the hedge of shame inviolate remain, For men of lofty soul the earth's vast realms no charms retain.

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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