Thirukkural 54 in English

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Tamil original

பெண்ணின் பெருந்தக்க யாவுள கற்பென்னும்
திண்மைஉண் டாகப் பெறின்.

Transliteration

Pennin Perundhakka Yaavula Karpennum
Thinmaiun Taakap Perin

English Translation

“What greater fortune is for men Than a constant chaste woman?”

Plain-English meaning

What is more excellent than a wife, if she possess the stability of chastity ?

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English Translation

What greater fortune is for men Than a constant chaste woman?

G.U. Pope Translation

If woman might of chastity retain,What choicer treasure doth the world contain

Plain-English Meaning

What is more excellent than a wife, if she possess the stability of chastity ?

கற்பு எனப்படும் மன உறுதி மட்டும் பெண்ணிடம் இருக்குமானால் மனைவியைக் காட்டிலும் மேலானவை எவை?

Chapter 6

வாழ்க்கைத் துணைநலம்

A good housewife befits the house, Spending with thrift the mate's resource

Bright is home when wife is chaste If not all greatness is but waste

What is rare when wife is good What can be there when she is bad?

What greater fortune is for men Than a constant chaste woman?

Her spouse before God who adores, Is like rain that at request pours

The good wife guards herself from blame, She tends her spouse and brings him fame

Of what avail are watch and ward? Their purity is women's guard

Women who win their husbands' heart Shall flourish where the gods resort

A cuckold has not the lion-like gait Before his detractors aright

An honest wife is home's delight And children good are jewels abright