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Kural 193

Kural 193 · Against Vain Speaking

நயனிலன் என்பது சொல்லும் பயனில பாரித் துரைக்கும் உரை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Diffusive speech of useless words proclaims A man who never righteous wisdom gains.

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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