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வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்
Kurals 51–60 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்).
மனைத்தக்க மாண்புடையள் ஆகித்தற் கொண்டான்
வளத்தக்காள் வாழ்க்கைத் துணை.
As doth the house beseem, she shows her wifely dignity;
As doth her husband's wealth befit, she spends: help - meet is she.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: A good partner runs the home with care and lives within the family's means.
Open in the appமனைமாட்சி இல்லாள்கண் இல்லாயின் வாழ்க்கை
எனைமாட்சித் தாயினும் இல்.
If household excellence be wanting in the wife,
Howe'er with splendour lived, all worthless is the life.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: If a marriage lacks a caring partner, nothing else, however grand, makes up for it.
Open in the appஇல்லதென் இல்லவள் மாண்பானால் உள்ளதென்
இல்லவள் மாணாக் கடை?
There is no lack within the house, where wife in worth excels,
There is no luck within the house, where wife dishonoured dwells.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: With a good partner, what don't you have? Without one, what do you really have?
Open in the appபெண்ணின் பெருந்தக்க யாவுள கற்பென்னும்
திண்மைஉண் டாகப் பெறின்.
If woman might of chastity retain,
What choicer treasure doth the world contain?
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: What is more precious than a partner who is steadfast and faithful?
Open in the appதெய்வம் தொழாஅள் கொழுநன் தொழுதெழுவாள்
பெய்யெனப் பெய்யும் மழை.
No God adoring, low she bends before her lord;
Then rising, serves: the rain falls instant at her word!
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Valluvar says a truly devoted wife is so powerful that even the rain obeys her.
Open in the appதற்காத்துத் தற்கொண்டாற் பேணித் தகைசான்ற
சொற்காத்துச் சோர்விலாள் பெண்.
Who guards herself, for husband's comfort cares, her household's fame,
In perfect wise with sleepless soul preserves, -give her a woman's name.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: A good wife protects herself, cares for her husband and keeps the family's good name.
Open in the appசிறைகாக்கும் காப்பெவன் செய்யும் மகளிர்
நிறைகாக்கும் காப்பே தலை.
Of what avail is watch and ward?
Honour's woman's safest guard.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: No guard can protect a person's honour; only their own integrity can.
Open in the appபெற்றாற் பெறின்பெறுவர் பெண்டிர் பெருஞ்சிறப்புப்
புத்தேளிர் வாழும் உலகு.
If wife be wholly true to him who gained her as his bride,
Great glory gains she in the world where gods in bliss abide.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Valluvar says women who honour their husbands win great respect in the world of the gods.
Open in the appபுகழ்புரிந்த இல்லிலோர்க்கு இல்லை இகழ்வார்முன்
ஏறுபோல் பீடு நடை.
Who have not spouses that in virtue's praise delight,
They lion-like can never walk in scorner's sight.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Valluvar says a man whose household has lost its good name can't walk tall in front of his critics.
Open in the appமங்கலம் என்ப மனைமாட்சி மற்று அதன்
நன்கலம் நன்மக்கட் பேறு.
The house's 'blessing', men pronounce the house-wife excellent;
The gain of blessed children is its goodly ornament.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: A good partner is the blessing of a home, and good children are its jewels.
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