The Living Kural
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Kural 295

Kural 295 · Veracity

மனத்தொடு வாய்மை மொழியின் தவத்தொடு தானஞ்செய் வாரின் தலை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Greater is he who speaks the truth with full consenting mind. Than men whose lives have penitence and charity combined.

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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