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Thirukkural 60

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

Kural 60

மங்கலம் என்ப மனைமாட்சி மற்று அதன்
நன்கலம் நன்மக்கட் பேறு.

Mangalam Enpa Manaimaatchi Matru
Adhan Nankalam Nanmakkat Peru

The house's 'blessing', men pronounce the house-wife excellent; The gain of blessed children is its goodly ornament

Meaning

The excellence of a wife is the good of her husband; and good children are the jewels of that goodness.

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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