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Kural 286

Kural 286 · The Absence of Fraud

அளவின்கண் நின்றொழுகல் ஆற்றார் களவின்கண் கன்றிய காத லவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

They cannot walk restrained in wisdom's measured bound, In whom inveterate lust of fraudful gain is found.

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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