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Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 5

Kural 43

இல்வாழ்க்கை

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திருக்குறள்

தென்புலத்தார் தெய்வம் விருந்தொக்கல் தானென்றாங்கு ஐம்புலத்தாறு ஓம்பல் தலை.

Thenpulaththaar Theyvam Virundhokkal Thaanendraangu Aimpulaththaaru Ompal Thalai

“By dutiful householder's aid God, manes, kin, self and guests are served”

The manes, God, guests kindred, self, in due degree,These five to cherish well is chiefest charity

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Kural #43

The Five Pillars of Harmony

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that a householder must protect five things: the divine, the ancestors, guests, relatives, and oneself. The chief (duty of the householder) is to preserve the five-fold rule (of conduct) towards the manes, the Gods, his guests, his relations and himself

8–14 yr 2 min