The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 48

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Domestic Life · Virtue

ஆற்றின் ஒழுக் கி அறனிழுக்கா இல்வாழ் க்கை நோற்பாரின் நோன்மை உடைத்து.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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ஆற்றின் ஒழுக் கி அறனிழுக்கா இல்வாழ் க்கை நோற்பாரின் நோன்மை உடைத்து.

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Others it sets upon their way, itself from virtue ne'er declines; Than stern ascetics' pains such life domestic brighter shines.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain