கொல்லா நலத்தது நோன்மை பிறர்தீமை சொல்லா நலத்தது சால்பு.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 984 ↗Kural 984
The type of 'penitence' is virtuous good that nothing slays; To speak no ill of other men is perfect virtue's praise.
G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.
Source record
Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org
MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain
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