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Kural 657

Kural 657 · Purity in Action

பழிமலைந்து எய்திய ஆக்கத்தின் சான்றோர் கழிநல் குரவே தலை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Than store of wealth guilt-laden souls obtain, The sorest poverty of perfect soul is richer 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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