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Kural 1028

Kural 1028 · The Way of Maintaining the Family

குடிசெய்வார்க் கில்லை பருவம் மடிசெய்து மானங் கருதக் கெடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Wait for no season, when you would your house uprear; 'Twill perish, if you wait supine, or hold your honour dear.

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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