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Thirukkural 57

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

Meaning

What avails the guard of a prison ? The chief guard of a woman is her 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).

Other kurals in வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்

• Kural 51
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• Kural 59
• Kural 60

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