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Chapter 6: வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 6

Kural 56

வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்

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திருக்குறள்

தற்காத்துத் தற்கொண்டாற் பேணித் தகைசான்ற சொற்காத்துச் சோர்விலாள் பெண்.

Tharkaaththuth Tharkontaar Penith Thakaisaandra Sorkaaththuch Chorvilaal Pen

“The good wife guards herself from blame, She tends her spouse and brings him fame”

Who guards herself, for husband's comfort cares, her household's fame,In perfect wise with sleepless soul preserves, -give her a woman's name

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Kural #56

The Strength of Malar

The story illustrates the Kural by showing how a wife guards herself, cares for her husband during hardship, and maintains the family's reputation. She is a wife who unweariedly guards herself, takes care of her husband, and preserves an unsullied fame

6–10 yr 1 min