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Kural 56
வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்
The Worth of a Wife
தற்காத்துத் தற்கொண்டாற் பேணித் தகைசான்ற
சொற்காத்துச் சோர்விலாள் பெண்.
Tharkaaththuth Tharkontaar Penith Thakaisaandra / Sorkaaththuch Chorvilaal Pen
English
The good wife guards herself from blame, She tends her spouse and brings him fame
— Who guards herself, for husband's comfort cares, her household's fame,In perfect wise with sleepless soul preserves, -give her a woman's name
She is a wife who unweariedly guards herself, takes care of her husband, and preserves an unsullied fame