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Thirukkural 48

Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை (Domestic Life) · Virtue

Kural 48

ஆற்றின் ஒழுக்கி அறனிழுக்கா இல்வாழ்க்கை
நோற்பாரின் நோன்மை உடைத்து.

Aatrin Ozhukki Aranizhukkaa Ilvaazhkkai
Norpaarin Nonmai Utaiththu

Others it sets upon their way, itself from virtue ne'er declines; Than stern ascetics' pains such life domestic brighter shines

Meaning

The householder who, not swerving from virtue, helps the ascetic in his way, endures more than those who endure penance.

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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