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Kural 516

Kural 516 · Selection and Employment

செய்வானை நாடி வினைநாடிக் காலத்தோடு எய்த உணர்ந்து செயல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Let king first ask, 'Who shall the deed perform?' and 'What the deed?' Of hour befitting both assured, let every work proceed.

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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