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Thirukkural-Kural 59

By Staff

Pukalpurindha illilorkku illai ikalvaarmun
Eaerupol peedu nadai.

If a man's wife does not bring him credit and honour, he cannot walk
With proud ' leonine' gait in the face of his Detractors.

A man, who is not fortune to have a good wife that assists him along the path to honour and glory, dare not walk like a lion in the midst of his enemies.

Shakespeare's sarcastic remark in Measure for Measure is also relevant here:

'A light wife doth make heavy husband'.
It is also recorded in the bible,

'drooping hands and weak knees
are caused by the wife who does
not make her husband happy'.

Story first published: Friday, November 28, 2008, 16:00 [IST]
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