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Thirukkural 62

Chapter 7: மக்கட்பேறு (The Wealth of Children) · Virtue

Kural 62

எழுபிறப்பும் தீயவை தீண்டா பழிபிறங்காப்
பண்புடை மக்கட் பெறின்.

Ezhupirappum Theeyavai Theentaa Pazhipirangaap
Panputai Makkat Perin

Who children gain, that none reproach, of virtuous worth, No evils touch them, through the sev'n-fold maze of birth

Meaning

The evils of the seven births shall not touch those who abtain children of a good disposition, free from vice.

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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