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Thirukkural 56

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

Kural 56

தற்காத்துத் தற்கொண்டாற் பேணித் தகைசான்ற
சொற்காத்துச் சோர்விலாள் பெண்.

Tharkaaththuth Tharkontaar Penith Thakaisaandra
Sorkaaththuch Chorvilaal Pen

Who guards herself, for husband's comfort cares, her household's fame, In perfect wise with sleepless soul preserves, -give her a woman's name

Meaning

She is a wife who unweariedly guards herself, takes care of her husband, and preserves an unsullied fame.

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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