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Kural 652

Kural 652 · Purity in Action

என்றும் ஒருவுதல் வேண்டும் புகழொடு நன்றி பயவா வினை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

From action evermore thyself restrain Of glory and of good that yields no gain.

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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