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Kural 1133

Kural 1133 · The Abandonment of Reserve

நாணொடு நல்லாண்மை பண்டுடையேன் இன்றுடையேன் காமுற்றார் ஏறும் மடல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

I once retained reserve and seemly manliness; To-day I nought possess but lovers' 'horse of palm'.

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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