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Kural 554

Kural 554 · The Cruel Sceptre

கூழுங் குடியும் ஒருங்கிழக்கும் கோல்கோடிச் சூழாது செய்யும் அரசு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Whose rod from right deflects, who counsel doth refuse, At once his wealth and people utterly shall lose.

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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