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Chapter 6: வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 6

Kural 52

வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்

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திருக்குறள்

மனைமாட்சி இல்லாள்கண் இல்லாயின் வாழ்க்கை எனைமாட்சித் தாயினும் இல்.

Manaimaatchi Illaalkan Illaayin Vaazhkkai Enaimaatchith Thaayinum Il

“Bright is home when wife is chaste If not all greatness is but waste”

If household excellence be wanting in the wife,Howe'er with splendour lived, all worthless is the life

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Kural #52

The Light of the Home

The story illustrates that even the greatest man cannot find true fulfillment if his domestic life lacks the essential qualities of a virtuous wife. If the wife be devoid of domestic excellence, whatever (other) greatness be possessed, the conjugal state, is nothing

6–10 yr 1 min