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Kural 888

Kural 888 · Enmity within

அரம்பொருத பொன்போலத் தேயும் உரம்பொருது உட்பகை உற்ற குடி.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

As gold with which the file contends is worn away, So strength of house declines where hate concealed hath sway.

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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