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Kural No. 46 · Virtue (Aram) · Ch 5

Domestic Life

இல்வாழ்க்கை
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
அறத்தாற்றின் இல்வாழ்க்கை ஆற்றின் புறத்தாற்றில்
போஒய்ப் பெறுவ தெவன்?

Araththaatrin Ilvaazhkkai Aatrin Puraththaatril / Pooip Peruva Thevan?

Classical English couplet — “If man in active household life a virtuous soul retain,What fruit from other modes of virtue can he gain”

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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“What will he who lives virtuously in the domestic state gain by going into the other, (ascetic) state ?”

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

ஒருவன் அறநெறியில் இல்வாழ்க்கையைச் செலுத்தி வாழ்வானானால், அத்தகையவன் வேறு நெறியில் சென்று பெறத்தக்கது என்ன?

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

அறநெறியில் இல்வாழ்க்கையை அமைத்துக் கொண்டவர்கள் பெற்றிடும் பயனை, வேறு நெறியில் சென்று பெற்றிட இயலுமோ? இயலாது

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