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Kural 577

Kural 577 · Benignity

கண்ணோட் டம் இல்லவர் கண்ணிலர் கண்ணுடையார் கண்ணோட்டம் இன்மையும் இல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Eyeless are they whose eyes with no benignant lustre shine; Who've eyes can never lack the light of grace benign.

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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