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Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 5

Kural 41

இல்வாழ்க்கை

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இல்வாழ்வான் என்பான் இயல்புடைய மூவர்க்கும் நல்லாற்றின் நின்ற துணை.

Ilvaazhvaan Enpaan Iyalputaiya Moovarkkum Nallaatrin Nindra Thunai

“The ideal householder is he Who aids the natural orders there”

The men of household virtue, firm in way of good, sustainThe other orders three that rule professed maintain

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