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Kural 1012

Kural 1012 · Shame

ஊணுடை எச்சம் உயிர்க்கெல்லாம் வேறல்ல நாணுடைமை மாந்தர் சிறப்பு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Food, clothing, and other things alike all beings own; By sense of shame the excellence of men is known.

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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