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Chapter 7: புதல்வரைப் பெறுதல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 7

Kural 67

புதல்வரைப் பெறுதல்

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திருக்குறள்

தந்தை மகற்காற்றும் நன்றி அவையத்து முந்தி இருப்பச் செயல்.

Thandhai Makarkaatrum Nandri Avaiyaththu Mundhi Iruppach Cheyal

“A father's duty to his son is To seat him in front of the wise”

Sire greatest boon on son confers, who makes him meet,In councils of the wise to fill the highest seat

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Kural #67

The Greatest Gift

The story illustrates that a father's greatest contribution is providing the education that allows his child to hold a place of honor among the learned. The benefit which a father should confer on his son is to give him precedence in the assembly of the learned

8–14 yr 1 min