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Kural 194

Kural 194 · Against Vain Speaking

நயன்சாரா நன்மையின் நீக்கும் பயன்சாராப் பண்பில்சொல் பல்லா ரகத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Unmeaning, worthless words, said to the multitude, To none delight afford, and sever men from good.

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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