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Chapter 7: புதல்வரைப் பெறுதல்

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 7

Kural 69

புதல்வரைப் பெறுதல்

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திருக்குறள்

ஈன்ற பொழுதின் பெரிதுவக்கும் தன்மகனைச் சான்றோன் எனக்கேட்ட தாய்.

Eendra Pozhudhin Peridhuvakkum Thanmakanaich Chaandron Enakketta Thaai

“The mother, hearing her son's merit Delights more than when she begot”

When mother hears him named 'fulfill'd of wisdom's lore,'Far greater joy she feels, than when her son she bore

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Kural #69

A Mother's Greatest Joy

The story illustrates that hearing one's child praised for their wisdom brings more joy to a mother than their birth. The mother who hears her son called "a wise man" will rejoice more than she did at his birth

8–14 yr 1 min