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Thirukkural 50

Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை (Domestic Life) · Virtue

Kural 50

வையத்துள் வாழ்வாங்கு வாழ்பவன் வான்உறையும்
தெய்வத்துள் வைக்கப் படும்.

Vaiyaththul Vaazhvaangu Vaazhpavan Vaanu�ryum
Theyvaththul Vaikkap Patum

Who shares domestic life, by household virtues graced, Shall, mid the Gods, in heaven who dwell, be placed

Meaning

He who on earth has lived in the conjugal state as he should live, will be placed among the Gods who dwell in heaven.

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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