இல்லதென்னில் வாழ்க்கை இயன்றது யாவதும்
எல்லா மடங்கும் துயர்.
Illadenniṉ vāzhkkai iyaṉṟadu yāvadum
ellā maḍangum tuyar.
When there is no domestic happiness, all the good of life is as nothing, and sorrow swallows everything.
Thiruvalluvar wrote 1,330 kurals. This one — a thousand in — says that external achievement without home as sanctuary is hollow. How is the quality of your domestic life right now? Not the aesthetics, but the warmth.
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