The Living Kural
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Kural 200

Kural 200 · Against Vain Speaking

சொல்லுக சொல்லிற் பயனுடைய சொல்லற்க சொல்லிற் பயனிலாச் சொல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

If speak you will, speak words that fruit afford, If speak you will, speak never fruitless word.

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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