Wealth
Chapter 89 – Enmity within / Utpakai
Couplet 881 Water and shade, if they unwholesome prove, will bring you pain And qualities of friends who treacherous act, […]...
Chapter 90 – Not Offending the Great / Periyaaraip Pizhaiyaamai
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 891 The chiefest care of those who guard themselves from ill, Is not to slight the powers […]...
Chapter 91 – Being led by Women / Penvazhichcheral
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 901 Who give their soul to love of wife acquire not nobler gain; Who give their soul […]...
Chapter 92 – Wanton Women Varaivinmakalir
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 911 Those that choice armlets wear who seek not thee with love, But seek thy wealth, their […]...
Chapter 93 – Not Drinking Palm-Wine / Kallunnaamai
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 921 Who love the palm’s intoxicating juice, each day, No rev’rence they command, their glory fades away. […]...
Chapter 94 – Gambling / Soodhu
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 931 Seek not the gamester’s play; though you should win, Your gain is as the baited hook […]...
Chapter 95 – Medicine / Marundhu
Couplets / kuratpaakal Couplet 941 The learned books count three, with wind as first; of these, As any one prevail, or […]...
Chapter 96 – Nobility / Kutimai
Couplet 951 Save in the scions of a noble house, you never find Instinctive sense of right and virtuous shame […]...