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Kural 564

Kural 564 · Absence of Terrorism

இறைகடியன் என்றுரைக்கும் இன்னாச்சொல் வேந்தன் உறைகடுகி ஒல்லைக் கெடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

'Ah! cruel is our king', where subjects sadly say, His age shall dwindle, swift his joy of life decay.

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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