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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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Verse 41
He alone may be called a householder who supports
Students, elders and renunciates pursuing well their good paths.
Verse 42
The virtuous householder supports the needs
Of renunciates, ancestors and the poor.
Verse 43
The foremost duty of family life is to duly serve these five:
God, guests, kindred, ancestors and one's self.
Verse 44
Gathering wealth without misdeeds and sharing meals without
miserliness, The householder's posterity will never perish.
Verse 45
When family life possesses love and virtue,
That is both its essence and fruition.
Verse 46
If a man masters the duties of married life,
What further merits could monkhood offer him?
Verse 47
Among those who strive for liberation, the foremost are they
Who live the blessed state of family life as it should be lived.
Verse 48
The householder dedicated to duty and to aiding
Ascetics on their path of penance endures more than they do.
Verse 49
Domestic life is rightly called virtue. The monastic path,
Rightly lived beyond blame, is likewise good.
Verse 50
He who pursues the householder's life well here on earth
Will be placed among the Gods there in heaven.
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