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Thirukkural 1025

Chapter 103: குடிசெயல் வகை (The Way of Maintaining the Family) · Wealth

Kural 1025

குற்றம் இலனாய்க் குடிசெய்து வாழ்வானைச்
சுற்றமாச் சுற்றும் உலகு.

Kutram Ilanaaik Kutiseydhu Vaazhvaanaich
Chutramaach Chutrum Ulaku

With blameless life who seeks to build his race's fame, The world shall circle him, and kindred claim

Meaning

People will eagerly seek the friendship of the prosperous soul who has raised his family without foul means.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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