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Chapter 5: இல்வாழ்க்கை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 5

Kural 49

இல்வாழ்க்கை

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அறனெனப் பட்டதே இல்வாழ்க்கை அஃதும் பிறன்பழிப்ப தில்லாயின் நன்று.

Aran Enap Pattadhe Ilvaazhkkai Aqdhum Piranpazhippa Thillaayin Nandru

“Home-life and virtue, are the same; Which spotless monkhood too can claim”

The life domestic rightly bears true virtue's name;That other too, if blameless found, due praise may claim

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Kural #49

The Harmony of Home

The story illustrates that domestic life becomes a true virtue when it is lived honorably and without being a source of social reproach. The marriage state is truly called virtue The other state is also good, if others do not reproach it

6–10 yr 1 min