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Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 5

Kural 42

இல்வாழ்க்கை

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திருக்குறள்

துறந்தார்க்கும் துவ்வாதவர்க்கும் இறந்தார்க்கும் இல்வாழ்வான் என்பான் துணை.

Thurandhaarkkum Thuvvaa Dhavarkkum Irandhaarkkum Ilvaazhvaan Enpaan Thunai

“His help the monk and retired share, And celibate students are his care”

To anchorites, to indigent, to those who've passed away,The man for household virtue famed is needful held and stay

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Kural #42

The Shadow of Kindness

The story illustrates the Kural by showing how Maran fulfills the duties of a virtuous householder by aiding the forsaken, the poor, and the bereaved. He will be said to flourish in domestic virtue who aids the forsaken, the poor, and the dead

8–14 yr 2 min