Thirukkural · அறத்துப்பால் · இல்வாழ்க்கை

Thirukkural 45

Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை (Domestic Life) · Virtue

Kural 45

அன்பும் அறனும் உடைத்தாயின் இல்வாழ்க்கை
பண்பும் பயனும் அது.

Anpum Aranum Utaiththaayin Ilvaazhkkai
Panpum Payanum Adhu

If love and virtue in the household reign, This is of life the perfect grace and gain

Meaning

If the married life possess love and virtue, these will be both its duty and reward.

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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