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Kural 132

Kural 132 · The Possession of Decorum

பரிந்தோம்பிக் காக்க ஒழுக்கம் தெரிந்தோம்பித் தேரினும் அஃதே துணை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Searching, duly watching, learning, 'decorum' still we find; Man's only aid; toiling, guard thou this with watchful mind.

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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