Thirukkural 68 in English
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Tamil original
தம்மின்தம் மக்கள் அறிவுடைமை மாநிலத்து
மன்னுயிர்க் கெல்லாம் இனிது.
Transliteration
Thammindham Makkal Arivutaimai Maanilaththu
Mannuyirk Kellaam Inidhu
Modern English
“When children become wise and capable, their benefit reaches beyond their own parents.”
Modern Interpretation
When children become wise and capable, their benefit reaches beyond their own parents. Knowledgeable and ethical people can improve workplaces, communities, and society as a whole. For example, a well-educated young person who develops a useful solution or helps others brings joy to the family and value to many people.
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Modern Plain English
When children become wise and capable, their benefit reaches beyond their own parents.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
With joy the hearts of parents swell To see their children themselves excel
G.U. Pope Translation
Their children's wisdom greater than their own confessed,Through the wide world is sweet to every human breast
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
That their children should possess knowledge is more pleasing to all men of this great earth than to themselves
Tamil commentary
தம் பிள்ளைகள் அறிவு மிக்கவராக இருப்பது, தம்மைக் காட்டிலும், இப்பெரிய பூமியில் அழியாமல் தொடரும் உயிர்களுக்கு எல்லாம் இனிது.
Chapter 7
More from The Wealth of Children
மக்கட்பேறு
The world no higher bliss bestows Than children virtuous and wise
Kural 62No evil comes and no blemish; Noble sons bring all we wish
Kural 63Children are one's wealth indeed Their wealth is measured by their deed
Kural 64The food is more than nectar sweet In which one's children hands insert
Kural 65Children's touch delights the body Sweet to ears are their words lovely
Kural 66The flute and lute are sweet they say Deaf to baby's babble's lay!
Kural 67A father's duty to his son is To seat him in front of the wise
Kural 68With joy the hearts of parents swell To see their children themselves excel
Kural 69The mother, hearing her son's merit Delights more than when she begot
Kural 70The son to sire this word is debt \"What penance such a son begot!\"