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Thirukkural 47

Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை (Domestic Life) · Virtue

Kural 47

இயல்பினான் இல்வாழ்க்கை வாழ்பவன் என்பான்
முயல்வாருள் எல்லாம் தலை.

Iyalpinaan Ilvaazhkkai Vaazhpavan Enpaan
Muyalvaarul Ellaam Thalai

In nature's way who spends his calm domestic days,'Mid all that strive for virtue's crown hath foremost place

Meaning

Among all those who labour (for future happiness) he is greatest who lives well in the household state.

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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