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Chapter 7: புதல்வரைப் பெறுதல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 7

Kural 64

புதல்வரைப் பெறுதல்

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திருக்குறள்

அமிழ்தினும் ஆற்ற இனிதேதம் மக்கள் சிறுகை அளாவிய கூழ்.

Amizhdhinum Aatra Inidhedham Makkal Sirukai Alaaviya Koozh

“The food is more than nectar sweet In which one's children hands insert”

Than God's ambrosia sweeter far the food before men laid,In which the little hands of children of their own have play'd

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Kural #64

Sweeter Than Ambrosia

The story illustrates that the love and presence of a child make even the simplest meal more precious than divine nectar. The rice in which the little hand of their children has dabbled will be far sweeter (to the parent) than ambrosia

8–14 yr 1 min