The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1029

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The Way of Maintaining the Family · Wealth & public life

இடும்பைக்கே கொள்கலம் கொல்லோ குடும்பத்தைக் குற்ற மறைப்பான் உடம்பு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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இடும்பைக்கே கொள்கலம் கொல்லோ குடும்பத்தைக் குற்ற மறைப்பான் உடம்பு.

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Is not his body vase that various sorrows fill, Who would his household screen from every ill?

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain