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Kural 283

Kural 283 · The Absence of Fraud

களவினால் ஆகிய ஆக்கம் அளவிறந்து ஆவது போலக் கெடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The gain that comes by fraud, although it seems to grow With limitless increase, to ruin swift shall go.

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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