The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 608

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Unsluggishness · Wealth & public life

மடிமை குடிமைக்கண் தங்கின்தன் ஒன்னார்க்கு அடிமை புகுத்தி விடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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மடிமை குடிமைக்கண் தங்கின்தன் ஒன்னார்க்கு அடிமை புகுத்தி விடும்.

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If sloth a dwelling find mid noble family, Bondsmen to them that hate them shall they be.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain