இளைதாக முள்மரம் கொல்க களையுநர் கைகொல்லும் காழ்த்த இடத்து.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 879 ↗Kural 879
Destroy the thorn, while tender point can work thee no offence; Matured by time, 'twill pierce the hand that plucks it thence.
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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