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Chapter 91: பெண்வழிச்சேறல்

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 91

Kural 902

பெண்வழிச்சேறல்

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திருக்குறள்

பேணாது பெண்விழைவான் ஆக்கம் பெரியதோர் நாணாக நாணுத் தரும்.

Penaadhu Penvizhaivaan Aakkam Periyadhor Naanaaka Naanuth Tharum

“Who dotes, unmanly, on his dame His wealth to him and all is shame”

Who gives himself to love of wife, careless of noble nameHis wealth will clothe him with o'erwhelming shame

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Kural #902

The Path Lost by Karikalan

The story illustrates how a man who abandons his responsibilities and dignity to cater solely to his wife's feminine desires loses his standing in society. The wealth of him who, regardless (of his manliness), devotes himself to his wife's feminine nature will cause great shame (to ali men) and to himself;

8–14 yr 1 min