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Kural 604

Kural 604 · Unsluggishness

குடிமடிந்து குற்றம் பெருகும் மடிமடிந்து மாண்ட உஞற்றி லவர்க்கு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

His family decays, and faults unheeded thrive, Who, sunk in sloth, for noble objects doth not strive.

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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