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Sirappariya Otrinkan Seyyarka SeyyinPurappatuththaan Aakum Marai

Reward not trusty spy in others' sight,Or all the mystery will come to light

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Let not a king publicly confer on a spy any marks of his favour; if he does, he will divulge his own secret