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Kural 643

Kural 643 · Power of Speech

கேட்டார்ப் பிணிக்கும் தகையவாய்க் கேளாரும் வேட்ப மொழிவதாம் சொல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

'Tis speech that spell-bound holds the listening ear, While those who have not heard desire to hear.

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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