{"id":7583,"date":"2017-11-21T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T02:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2017-08-01T18:10:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T15:10:16","slug":"tirukural-chapter-6-the-good-wife-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/tirukural\/tirukural-chapter-6-the-good-wife-2-2","title":{"rendered":"Tirukural.Chapter 6: The Good Wife."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4916 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/images-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"235\" \/>Kural 51<\/p>\n<p>She is the helpful wife who possesses the fullness of<br \/>\ndomestic virtues and spends within her husband&#8217;s means.<br \/>\nKural 52<\/p>\n<p>Family life, however full, remains empty<br \/>\nif the wife lacks the lofty culture of the home.<br \/>\nKural 53<\/p>\n<p>What does a man lack if his wife is worthy?<br \/>\nAnd what does he possess if she is lacking worth?<br \/>\nKural 54<\/p>\n<p>What is more majestic than a woman<br \/>\nwho preserves the prodigious strength of chastity?<br \/>\nKural 55<\/p>\n<p>Even the rains will fall at her command<br \/>\nwho upon rising worships not God, but her husband.<br \/>\nKural 56<\/p>\n<p>A married woman is one who vigilantly guards herself,<br \/>\ncares for her husband and protects their unblemished reputation.<br \/>\nKural 57<\/p>\n<p>Why do guardians protect women by confinement<br \/>\nwhen her own resolute chastity is a woman&#8217;s best protection?<br \/>\nKural 58<\/p>\n<p>A woman deeply devoted to the man who wed her<br \/>\nwill be worthy of great rewards in the world where Gods delight.<br \/>\nKural 59<\/p>\n<p>Unless the wife pursues praiseworthy purity,<br \/>\nthe husband cannot stride before critics like a proud lion.<br \/>\nKural 60<\/p>\n<p>It is said a worthy wife is the blessing of a home,<br \/>\nand good children are its precious ornaments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kural 51 She is the helpful wife who possesses the fullness of domestic virtues and spends within her husband&#8217;s means. Kural 52 Family life, however full, remains empty if the wife lacks the lofty culture of the home. Kural 53 What does a man lack if his wife is worthy? And what does he possess if she is lacking worth? Kural 54 What is more majestic than a woman who preserves the prodigious strength of chastity? Kural 55 Even the rains will fall at her command who upon rising worships not God, but her husband. Kural 56 A married woman <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tirukural","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}