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Kural 550

Kural 550 · The Right Sceptre

கொலையிற் கொடியாரை வேந்தொறுத்தல் பைங்கூழ் களைகட் டதனொடு நேர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

By punishment of death the cruel to restrain, Is as when farmer frees from weeds the tender grain.

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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