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Kural 52
வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்
The Worth of a Wife
மனைமாட்சி இல்லாள்கண் இல்லாயின் வாழ்க்கை
எனைமாட்சித் தாயினும் இல்.
Manaimaatchi Illaalkan Illaayin Vaazhkkai / Enaimaatchith Thaayinum Il
English
Bright is home when wife is chaste If not all greatness is but waste
— If household excellence be wanting in the wife,Howe'er with splendour lived, all worthless is the life
If the wife be devoid of domestic excellence, whatever (other) greatness be possessed, the conjugal state, is nothing