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Kural 660

Kural 660 · Purity in Action

சலத்தால் பொருள்செய்தே மார்த்தல் பசுமண் கலத்துள்நீர் பெய்திரீஇ யற்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

In pot of clay unburnt he water pours and would retain, Who seeks by wrong the realm in wealth and safety to maintain.

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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