The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 42

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Domestic Life · Virtue

துறந்தார்க்கும் துவ்வாதவர்க்கும் இறந்தார்க்கும் இல்வாழ்வான் என்பான் துணை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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துறந்தார்க்கும் துவ்வாதவர்க்கும் இறந்தார்க்கும் இல்வாழ்வான் என்பான் துணை.

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To anchorites, to indigent, to those who've passed away, The man for household virtue famed is needful held and stay.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain