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Kural 511

Kural 511 · Selection and Employment

நன்மையும் தீமையும் நாடி நலம்புரிந்த தன்மையான் ஆளப் படும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Who good and evil scanning, ever makes the good his joy; Such man of virtuous mood should king employ.

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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