The Living Kural
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Kural 270

Kural 270 · Penance

இலர்பல ராகிய காரணம் நோற்பார் சிலர்பலர் நோலா தவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The many all things lack! The cause is plain, The 'penitents' are few. The many shun such pain.

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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