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Kural 417

Kural 417 · Hearing

பிழைத் துணர்ந்தும் பேதைமை சொல்லா ரிழைத்துணர்ந் தீண்டிய கேள்வி யவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Not e'en through inadvertence speak they foolish word, With clear discerning mind who've learning's ample lessons heard.

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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