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Thirukkural 908

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

Kural 908

நட்டார் குறைமுடியார் நன்றாற்றார் நன்னுதலாள்
பெட் டாங்கு ஒழுகு பவர்.

Nattaar Kuraimutiyaar Nandraatraar Nannudhalaal
Pettaangu Ozhuku Pavar

Who to the will of her with beauteous brow their lives conform, Aid not their friends in need, nor acts of charity perform

Meaning

Those who yield to the wishes of their wives will neither relieve the wants of (their) friends nor perform virtuous deeds.

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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