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Thirukkural 69

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

Kural 69

ஈன்ற பொழுதின் பெரிதுவக்கும் தன்மகனைச்
சான்றோன் எனக்கேட்ட தாய்.

Eendra Pozhudhin Peridhuvakkum Thanmakanaich
Chaandron Enakketta Thaai

When mother hears him named 'fulfill'd of wisdom's lore,'Far greater joy she feels, than when her son she bore

Meaning

The mother who hears her son called "a wise man" will rejoice more than she did at his birth.

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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