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Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 5

Kural 44

இல்வாழ்க்கை

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திருக்குறள்

பழியஞ்சிப் பாத்தூண் உடைத்தாயின் வாழ்க்கை வழியெஞ்சல் எஞ்ஞான்றும் இல்.

Pazhiyanjip Paaththoon Utaiththaayin Vaazhkkai Vazhiyenjal Egngnaandrum Il

“Sin he shuns and food he shares His home is bright and brighter fares”

Who shares his meal with other, while all guilt he shuns,His virtuous line unbroken though the ages runs

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Kural #44

The Golden Legacy

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that fearing vice in wealth and sharing food ensures a lineage that never fails. His descendants shall never fail who, living in the domestic state, fears vice (in the acquisition of property) and shares his food (with others)

8–14 yr 2 min