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Kural 640

Kural 640 · The Office of Minister of state

முறைப்படச் சூழ்ந்தும் முடிவிலவே செய்வர் திறப்பாடு இலாஅ தவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

For gain of end desired just counsel nought avails To minister, when tact in execution fails.

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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