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Kural 48
இல்வாழ்க்கை
Domestic Life
ஆற்றின் ஒழுக்கி அறனிழுக்கா இல்வாழ்க்கை
நோற்பாரின் நோன்மை உடைத்து.
Aatrin Ozhukki Aranizhukkaa Ilvaazhkkai / Norpaarin Nonmai Utaiththu
English
Straight in virtue, right in living Make men brighter than monks praying
— Others it sets upon their way, itself from virtue ne'er declines;Than stern ascetics' pains such life domestic brighter shines
The householder who, not swerving from virtue, helps the ascetic in his way, endures more than those who endure penance