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Thirukkural 904

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

Kural 904

மனையாளை அஞ்சும் மறுமையி லாளன்
வினையாண்மை வீறெய்த லின்று.

Manaiyaalai Anjum Marumaiyi Laalan
Vinaiyaanmai Veereydha Lindru

No glory crowns e'en manly actions wroughtBy him who dreads his wife, nor gives the other world a thought

Meaning

The undertaking of one, who fears his wife and is therefore destitute of (bliss), will never be applauded.

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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