The Living Kural
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Kural 123

Kural 123 · The Possession of Self-restraint

செறிவறிந்து சீர்மை பயக்கும் அறிவறிந்து ஆற்றின் அடங்கப் பெறின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

If versed in wisdom's lore by virtue's law you self restrain. Your self-repression known will yield you glory's gain.

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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