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Thirukkural 59

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

Kural 59

புகழ்புரிந்த இல்லிலோர்க்கு இல்லை இகழ்வார்முன்
ஏறுபோல் பீடு நடை.

Pukazhpurindha Illilorkku Illai Ikazhvaarmun
Erupol Peetu Natai

Who have not spouses that in virtue's praise delight, They lion-like can never walk in scorner's sight

Meaning

The man whose wife seeks not the praise (of chastity) cannot walk with lion-like stately step, before those who revile them.

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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