Thirukkural 902 in English
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Tamil original
பேணாது பெண்விழைவான் ஆக்கம் பெரியதோர்
நாணாக நாணுத் தரும்.
Transliteration
Penaadhu Penvizhaivaan Aakkam Periyadhor
Naanaaka Naanuth Tharum
Modern English
“A person who neglects responsibility and blindly follows a spouse can turn even great wealth into a source of shame.”
Modern Interpretation
A person who neglects responsibility and blindly follows a spouse can turn even great wealth into a source of shame. For example, a wealthy person may misuse their position to please a partner and lose others’ respect.
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Modern Plain English
A person who neglects responsibility and blindly follows a spouse can turn even great wealth into a source of shame.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Who dotes, unmanly, on his dame His wealth to him and all is shame
G.U. Pope Translation
Who gives himself to love of wife, careless of noble nameHis wealth will clothe him with o'erwhelming shame
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The wealth of him who, regardless (of his manliness), devotes himself to his wife's feminine nature will cause great shame (to ali men) and to himself;
Tamil commentary
தன் ஆண்மையை எண்ணாமல் மனைவியின் விருப்பத்தையே விரும்புபவன் வசம் இருக்கும் செல்வம், ஆண்களுக்கு எல்லாம் வெட்கம் தருவதுடன் அவனுக்கும் வெட்கம் உண்டாக்கும்.
Chapter 91
More from Being led by Women
பெண்வழிச் சேறல்
Who dote on wives lose mighty gain That lust, dynamic men disdain
Kural 902Who dotes, unmanly, on his dame His wealth to him and all is shame
Kural 903Who's servile to his wife always Shy he feels before the wise
Kural 904Fearing his wife salvationless The weaklings' action has no grace
Kural 905Who fears his wife fears always Good to do to the good and wise
Kural 906Who fear douce arms of their wives Look petty even with god-like lives
Kural 907Esteemed more is women bashful Than man servile unto her will
Kural 908By fair-browed wives who are governed Help no friends nor goodness tend
Kural 909No virtue riches nor joy is seen In those who submit to women
Kural 910Thinkers strong and broad of heart By folly on fair sex do not dote