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Thirukkural 55

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

Kural 55

தெய்வம் தொழாஅள் கொழுநன் தொழுதெழுவாள்
பெய்யெனப் பெய்யும் மழை.

Theyvam Thozhaaal Kozhunan Thozhudhezhuvaal
Peyyenap Peyyum Mazhai

No God adoring, low she bends before her lord; Then rising, serves: the rain falls instant at her word

Meaning

If she, who does not worship God, but who rising worships her husband, say, "let it rain," it will rain.

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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