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பெண்வழிச் சேறல்
Kurals 901–910 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Wealth (பொருட்பால்).
மனைவிழைவார் மாண்பயன் எய்தார் வினைவிழையார்
வேண்டாப் பொருளும் அது.
Who give their soul to love of wife acquire not nobler gain;
Who give their soul to strenuous deeds such meaner joys disdain.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: People who live only to please their partner miss out on real goodness, and that's not the way to wealth either.
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நாணாக நாணுத் தரும்.
Who gives himself to love of wife, careless of noble name
His wealth will clothe him with o'erwhelming shame.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Neglecting your own duty to be at your partner's beck and call brings shame on you.
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நல்லாருள் நாணுத் தரும்.
Who to his wife submits, his strange, unmanly mood
Will daily bring him shame among the good.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Bending over backwards for a partner makes you feel small in front of good people.
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வினையாண்மை வீறெய்த லின்று.
No glory crowns e'en manly actions wrought
By him who dreads his wife, nor gives the other world a thought.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Someone who is afraid of their partner can never do anything that wins praise.
Open in the appஇல்லாளை அஞ்சுவான் அஞ்சுமற் றெஞ்ஞான்றும்
நல்லார்க்கு நல்ல செயல்.
Who quakes before his wife will ever tremble too,
Good deeds to men of good deserts to do.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Someone afraid of their partner is even afraid to help good people.
Open in the appஇமையாரின் வாழினும் பாடிலரே இல்லாள்
அமையார்தோள் அஞ்சு பவர்.
Though, like the demi-gods, in bliss they dwell secure from harm,
Those have no dignity who fear the housewife's slender arm.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: However high they rise, people who live in fear of their partner lack real strength.
Open in the appபெண்ணேவல் செய்தொழுகும் ஆண்மையின் நாணுடைப்
பெண்ணே பெருமை உடைத்து.
The dignity of modest womanhood excels
His manliness, obedient to a woman's law who dwells.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Valluvar says being shamelessly ordered about by a partner is worse than any shyness.
Open in the appநட்டார் குறைமுடியார் நன்றாற்றார் நன்னுதலாள்
பெட் டாங்கு ஒழுகு பவர்.
Who to the will of her with beauteous brow their lives conform,
Aid not their friends in need, nor acts of charity perform.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: People who simply do whatever their partner wants neither help their friends nor do any good.
Open in the appஅறவினையும் ஆன்ற பொருளும் பிறவினையும்
பெண்ஏவல் செய்வார்கண் இல்.
No virtuous deed, no seemly wealth, no pleasure, rests
With them who live obedient to their wives' behests.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Don't expect good deeds, success or even happiness from someone who just obeys their partner.
Open in the appஎண்சேர்ந்த நெஞ்சத் திடனுடையார்க்கு எஞ்ஞான்றும்
பெண்சேர்ந்தாம் பேதைமை இல்.
Where pleasures of the mind, that dwell in realms of thought, abound,
Folly, that springs from overweening woman's love, is never found.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Thoughtful, successful people don't fall into the foolishness of being ruled by infatuation.
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