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Chapter 6: வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 6

Kural 60

வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்

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திருக்குறள்

மங்கலம் என்ப மனைமாட்சி மற்று அதன் நன்கலம் நன்மக்கட் பேறு.

Mangalam Enpa Manaimaatchi Matru Adhan Nankalam Nanmakkat Peru

“An honest wife is home's delight And children good are jewels abright”

The house's 'blessing', men pronounce the house-wife excellent;The gain of blessed children is its goodly ornament

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Kural #60

The True Treasures of a Home

The story illustrates how a supportive wife stabilizes a home and how well-raised children are the ultimate pride of a family. The excellence of a wife is the good of her husband; and good children are the jewels of that goodness

8–14 yr 1 min