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Kural 124

Kural 124 · The Possession of Self-restraint

நிலையின் திரியாது அடங்கியான் தோற்றம் மலையினும் மாணப் பெரிது.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

In his station, all unswerving, if man self subdue, Greater he than mountain proudly rising to the view.

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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