The Living Kural
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Kural 189

Kural 189 · Not Backbiting

அறன்நோக்கி ஆற்றுங்கொல் வையம் புறன்நோக்கிப் புன்சொல் உரைப்பான் பொறை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

'Tis charity, I ween, that makes the earth sustain their load. Who, neighbours' absence watching, tales or slander tell abroad.

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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