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Thirukkural 44

Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை (Domestic Life) · Virtue

Kural 44

பழியஞ்சிப் பாத்தூண் உடைத்தாயின் வாழ்க்கை
வழியெஞ்சல் எஞ்ஞான்றும் இல்.

Pazhiyanjip Paaththoon Utaiththaayin Vaazhkkai
Vazhiyenjal Egngnaandrum Il

Who shares his meal with other, while all guilt he shuns, His virtuous line unbroken though the ages runs

Meaning

His descendants shall never fail who, living in the domestic state, fears vice (in the acquisition of property) and shares his food (with others).

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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