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Thirukkural 903

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

Kural 903

இல்லாள்கண் தாழ்ந்த இயல்பின்மை எஞ்ஞான்றும்
நல்லாருள் நாணுத் தரும்.

Illaalkan Thaazhndha Iyalpinmai Egngnaandrum
Nallaarul Naanuth Tharum

Who to his wife submits, his strange, unmanly moodWill daily bring him shame among the good

Meaning

The frailty that stoops to a wife will always make (her husband) feel ashamed among the good.

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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