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Kural 326

Kural 326 · Not killing

கொல்லாமை மேற்கொண் டொழுகுவான் வாழ்நாள்மேல் செல்லாது உயிருண்ணுங் கூற்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Ev'n death that life devours, their happy days shall spare, Who law, 'Thou shall not kill', uphold with reverent care.

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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