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Thirukkural 51

Chapter 6: வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம் (The Worth of a Wife) · Virtue

Kural 51

மனைத்தக்க மாண்புடையள் ஆகித்தற் கொண்டான்
வளத்தக்காள் வாழ்க்கைத் துணை.

Manaikdhakka Maanputaiyal Aakiththar Kontaan
Valaththakkaal Vaazhkkaith Thunai

As doth the house beseem, she shows her wifely dignity; As doth her husband's wealth befit, she spends: help - meet is she

Meaning

She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic 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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