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Kural 506

Kural 506 · Selection and Confidence

அற்றாரைத் தேறுதல் ஓம்புக மற்றவர் பற்றிலர் நாணார் பழி.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Beware of trusting men who have no kith of kin; No bonds restrain such men, no shame deters from sin.

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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