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Kural 422

Kural 422 · The Possession of Knowledge

சென்ற இடத்தால் செலவிடா தீதொரீஇ நன்றின்பால் உய்ப்ப தறிவு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Wisdom restrains, nor suffers mind to wander where it would; From every evil calls it back, and guides in way of good.

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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