The Living Kural
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Kural 175

Kural 175 · Not Coveting

அஃகி அகன்ற அறிவென்னாம் யார்மாட்டும் வெஃகி வெறிய செயின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

What gain, though lore refined of amplest reach he learn, His acts towards all mankind if covetous desire to folly turn?

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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