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Thirukkural 49

Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை (Domestic Life) · Virtue

Kural 49

அறனெனப் பட்டதே இல்வாழ்க்கை அஃதும்
பிறன்பழிப்ப தில்லாயின் நன்று.

Aran Enap Pattadhe Ilvaazhkkai
Aqdhum Piranpazhippa Thillaayin Nandru

The life domestic rightly bears true virtue's name; That other too, if blameless found, due praise may claim

Meaning

The marriage state is truly called virtue The other state is also good, if others do not reproach it.

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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