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Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 5

Kural 48

இல்வாழ்க்கை

Position 8/10

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ஆற்றின் ஒழுக்கி அறனிழுக்கா இல்வாழ்க்கை நோற்பாரின் நோன்மை உடைத்து.

Aatrin Ozhukki Aranizhukkaa Ilvaazhkkai Norpaarin Nonmai Utaiththu

“Straight in virtue, right in living Make men brighter than monks praying”

Others it sets upon their way, itself from virtue ne'er declines;Than stern ascetics' pains such life domestic brighter shines

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Kural #48

The Strength of Kindness

The story illustrates that a householder who supports an ascetic while living virtuously performs a service greater than that of an ascetic alone. The householder who, not swerving from virtue, helps the ascetic in his way, endures more than those who endure penance

6–10 yr 1 min