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Thirukkural 54

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

Kural 54

பெண்ணின் பெருந்தக்க யாவுள கற்பென்னும்
திண்மைஉண் டாகப் பெறின்.

Pennin Perundhakka Yaavula Karpennum
Thinmaiun Taakap Perin

If woman might of chastity retain, What choicer treasure doth the world contain

Meaning

What is more excellent than a wife, if she possess the stability of chastity ?

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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