Thirukkural 60 in English

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Tamil original

மங்கலம் என்ப மனைமாட்சி மற்று அதன்
நன்கலம் நன்மக்கட் பேறு.

Transliteration

Mangalam Enpa Manaimaatchi Matru
Adhan Nankalam Nanmakkat Peru

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

The excellence of a wife is the good of her husband; and good children are the jewels of that goodness

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

The house's 'blessing', men pronounce the house-wife excellent;The gain of blessed children is its goodly ornament

Plain-English Meaning

The excellence of a wife is the good of her husband; and good children are the jewels of that goodness

ஒருவனுக்கு நற்குண நற்செயல்களை உடைய மனைவியே அழகு என்று அறிந்தோர் கூறுவர். அந்த அழகிற்கு ஏற்ற அணிகலன்கள் நல்ல பிள்ளைகளைப் பெறுவதே.

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