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Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 5

Kural 46

இல்வாழ்க்கை

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திருக்குறள்

அறத்தாற்றின் இல்வாழ்க்கை ஆற்றின் புறத்தாற்றில் போஒய்ப் பெறுவ தெவன்?

Araththaatrin Ilvaazhkkai Aatrin Puraththaatril Pooip Peruva Thevan?

“Who turns from righteous family To be a monk, what profits he?”

If man in active household life a virtuous soul retain,What fruit from other modes of virtue can he gain

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Kural #46

The Garden of Virtue

The story illustrates that performing one's domestic duties with righteousness fulfills the purpose of life, making asceticism unnecessary. What will he who lives virtuously in the domestic state gain by going into the other, (ascetic) state ?

8–14 yr 2 min