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Kural 21

Kural 21 · The Greatness of Ascetics

ஒழுக்கத்து நீத்தார் பெருமை விழுப்பத்து வேண்டும் பனுவல் துணிவு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The settled rule of every code requires, as highest good, Their greatness who, renouncing all, true to their rule have stood.

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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