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Kural 1009

Kural 1009 · Wealth without Benefaction

அன்பொரீஇத் தற்செற்று அறநோக்காது ஈட்டிய ஒண்பொருள் கொள்வார் பிறர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Who love abandon, self-afflict, and virtue's way forsake To heap up glittering wealth, their hoards shall others take.

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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