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Kural 257

Kural 257 · Abstinence from Flesh

உண்ணாமை வேண்டும் புலாஅல் பிறிதொன்றன் புண்ணது உணர்வார்ப் பெறின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

With other beings' ulcerous wounds their hunger they appease; If this they felt, desire to eat must surely cease.

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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