Tirukural – Chapter 6
Chapter 6: The Good Wife
Verse 58
From morning to night the good wife is in constant service to her husband and family, washing, feeding, healing and assisting with the sacred daily puja.
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Verse 51
She is the helpful wife who possesses the fullness of
domestic virtues and spends within her husband’s means.
Verse 52
Family life, however full, remains empty
if the wife lacks the lofty culture of the home.
Verse 53
What does a man lack if his wife is worthy?
And what does he possess if she is lacking worth?
Verse 54
What is more majestic than a woman
who preserves the prodigious strength of chastity?
Verse 55
Even the rains will fall at her command
who upon rising worships not God, but her husband.
Verse 56
A married woman is one who vigilantly guards herself,
cares for her husband and protects their unblemished reputation.
Verse 57
Why do guardians protect women by confinement
when her own resolute chastity is a woman’s best protection?
Verse 58
A woman deeply devoted to the man who wed her
will be worthy of great rewards in the world where Gods delight.
Verse 59
Unless the wife pursues praiseworthy purity,
the husband cannot stride before critics like a proud lion.
Verse 60
It is said a worthy wife is the blessing of a home,
and good children are its precious ornaments.
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October 19th, 2020 at 6:49 pm
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