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Thirukkural 902

Chapter 91: பெண்வழிச் சேறல் (Being led by Women) · Wealth

Kural 902

பேணாது பெண்விழைவான் ஆக்கம் பெரியதோர்
நாணாக நாணுத் தரும்.

Penaadhu Penvizhaivaan Aakkam Periyadhor
Naanaaka Naanuth Tharum

Who gives himself to love of wife, careless of noble nameHis wealth will clothe him with o'erwhelming shame

Meaning

The wealth of him who, regardless (of his manliness), devotes himself to his wife's feminine nature will cause great shame (to ali men) and to himself;.

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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