The Living Kural
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Kural 202

Kural 202 · Dread of Evil Deeds

தீயவை தீய பயத்தலால் தீயவை தீயினும் அஞ்சப் படும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Since evils new from evils ever grow, Evil than fire works out more dreaded woe.

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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