Thirukkural 42 in English

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Tamil original

துறந்தார்க்கும் துவ்வாதவர்க்கும் இறந்தார்க்கும்
இல்வாழ்வான் என்பான் துணை.

Transliteration

Thurandhaarkkum Thuvvaa Dhavarkkum Irandhaarkkum
Ilvaazhvaan Enpaan Thunai

English Translation

“His help the monk and retired share, And celibate students are his care”

Plain-English meaning

He will be said to flourish in domestic virtue who aids the forsaken, the poor, and the dead

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English Translation

His help the monk and retired share, And celibate students are his care

G.U. Pope Translation

To anchorites, to indigent, to those who've passed away,The man for household virtue famed is needful held and stay

Plain-English Meaning

He will be said to flourish in domestic virtue who aids the forsaken, the poor, and the dead

மனைவியோடு வாழ்பவன்தான் துறவியர், வறுமைப்பட்டவர், இறந்து போனவர் என்பவர்க்கும் உதவுபவன்

Chapter 5

இல்வாழ்க்கை

The ideal householder is he Who aids the natural orders there

His help the monk and retired share, And celibate students are his care

By dutiful householder's aid God, manes, kin, self and guests are served

Sin he shuns and food he shares His home is bright and brighter fares

In grace and gain the home excels, Where love with virtue sweetly dwells

Who turns from righteous family To be a monk, what profits he?

Of all who strive for bliss, the great Is he who leads the married state

Straight in virtue, right in living Make men brighter than monks praying

Home-life and virtue, are the same; Which spotless monkhood too can claim

He is a man of divine worth Who lives in ideal home on earth