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Kural 685

Kural 685 · The Envoy

தொகச் சொல்லித் தூவாத நீக்கி நகச்சொல்லி நன்றி பயப்பதாந் தூது.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

In terms concise, avoiding wrathful speech, who utters pleasant word, An envoy he who gains advantage for his lord.

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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