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Kolaiyir Kotiyaarai Vendhoruththal PaingoozhKalaikat Tadhanotu Ner

By punishment of death the cruel to restrain,Is as when farmer frees from weeds the tender grain

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For a king to punish criminals with death, is like pulling up the weeds in the green corn