The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 314

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Not doing Evil · Virtue

இன்னாசெய் தாரை ஒறுத்தல் அவர்நாண நன்னயஞ் செய்து விடல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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இன்னாசெய் தாரை ஒறுத்தல் அவர்நாண நன்னயஞ் செய்து விடல்.

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To punish wrong, with kindly benefits the doers ply; Thus shame their souls; but pass the ill unheeded by.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain