The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 904

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Being led by Women · Wealth & public life

மனையாளை அஞ்சும் மறுமையி லாளன் வினையாண்மை வீறெய்த லின்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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மனையாளை அஞ்சும் மறுமையி லாளன் வினையாண்மை வீறெய்த லின்று.

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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 · Public domain