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Kural 220

Kural 220 · Duty to Society

ஒப்புரவி னால்வரும் கேடெனின் அஃதொருவன் விற்றுக்கோள் தக்க துடைத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Though by 'beneficence,' the loss of all should come, 'Twere meet man sold himself, and bought it with the sum.

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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