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Chapter 103: குடிசெயல்வகை

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 103

Kural 1029

குடிசெயல்வகை

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திருக்குறள்

இடும்பைக்கே கொள்கலம் கொல்லோ குடும்பத்தைக் குற்ற மறைப்பான் உடம்பு.

Itumpaikke Kolkalam Kollo Kutumpaththaik Kutra Maraippaan Utampu

“Is not his frame a vase for woes Who from mishaps shields his house?”

Is not his body vase that various sorrows fill,Who would his household screen from every ill

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Kural #1029

A Father's Shield

The story illustrates the Kural's wisdom that a person who endures physical suffering to safeguard their family from evil and hardship is performing a noble duty. Is it only to suffering that his body is exposed who undertakes to preserve his family from evil ?

6–10 yr 1 min