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Kural 126

Kural 126 · The Possession of Self-restraint

ஒருநம்யுள் ஆமைபோல் ஐந்தடக்கல் ஆற்றின் எழுநம்யும் ஏமாப் புடைத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Like tortoise, who the five restrains In one, through seven world bliss obtains.

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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