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DECODE · KURAL 121

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The Possession of Self-restraint · Virtue

அடக்கம் அமரருள் உய்க்கும் அடங்காமை ஆரிருள் உய்த்து விடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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அடக்கம் அமரருள் உய்க்கும் அடங்காமை ஆரிருள் உய்த்து விடும்.

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Control of self does man conduct to bliss th' immortals share; Indulgence leads to deepest night, and leaves him there.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain