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Kural 251

Kural 251 · Abstinence from Flesh

தன்னூன் பெருக்கற்குத் தான்பிறிது ஊனுண்பான் எங்ஙனம் ஆளும் அருள்?

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

How can the wont of 'kindly grace' to him be known, Who other creatures' flesh consumes to feed his own?

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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