வெள்ளத் தனைய மலர்நீட்டம் மாந்தர்தம் உள்ளத் தனையது உயர்வு.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 595 ↗Kural 595
With rising flood the rising lotus flower its stem unwinds; The dignity of men is measured by their minds.
G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.
Source record
Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org
MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain
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