Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்) — Domestic Virtue (இல்லறவியல்) — Renown (புகழ்)

Kural 231:
ஈதல் இசைபட வாழ்தல் அதுவல்லது
ஊதியம் இல்லை உயிர்க்கு.
eedhal isaipada vaazhdhal adhuvalladhu
oodhiyam illai uyirkku
English couplet:
See that thy life the praise of generous gifts obtain;
Save this for living man exists no real gain.
Explanation: Give to the poor and live with praise. There is no greater profit to man than that.

Kural 232:
உரைப்பார் உரைப்பவை எல்லாம் இரப்பார்க்கொன்று
ஈவார்மேல் நிற்கும் புகழ்.
uraippaar uraippavai ellaam irappaarkkondru
eevaarmael niRkum pukazh
English couplet:
The speech of all that speak agrees to crown
The men that give to those that ask, with fair renown.
Explanation: Whatsoever is spoken in the world will abide as praise upon that man who gives alms to the poor.

Kural 233:
ஒன்றா உலகத்து உயர்ந்த புகழல்லால்
பொன்றாது நிற்பதொன் றில்.
ondraa ulakaththu uyarndha pukazhallaal
pondraadhu niRpadhon Ril
English couplet:
Save praise alone that soars on high,
Nought lives on earth that shall not die.
Explanation: There is nothing that stands forth in the world imperishable, except fame, exalted in solitary greatness.

Kural 234:
நிலவரை நீள்புகழ் ஆற்றின் புலவரைப்
போற்றாது புத்தேள் உலகு.
nilavarai neeLpukazh aatrin pulavaraip
poatraadhu puththaeL ulagu
English couplet:
If men do virtuous deeds by world-wide ample glory crowned,
The heavens will cease to laud the sage for other gifts renowned.
Explanation: If one has acquired extensive fame within the limits of this earth, the world of the Gods will no longer praise those sages who have attained that world.

Kural 235:
நத்தம்போல் கேடும் உளதாகும் சாக்காடும்
வித்தகர்க் கல்லால் அரிது.
naththampoal kaedum uLadhaakum saakkaatum
viththakark kallaal aridhu
English couplet:
Loss that is gain, and death of life's true bliss fulfilled,
Are fruits which only wisdom rare can yield.
Explanation: Prosperity to the body of fame, resulting in poverty to the body of flesh and the stability to the former arising from the death of the latter, are achievable only by the wise.

Kural 236:
தோன்றின் புகழொடு தோன்றுக அஃதிலார்
தோன்றலின் தோன்றாமை நன்று.
thoandrin pukazhotu thoandruka aqdhilaar
thoandralin thoandraamai nandru
English couplet:
If man you walk the stage, appear adorned with glory's grace;
Save glorious you can shine, 'twere better hide your face.
Explanation: If you are born (in this world), be born with qualities conductive to fame. From those who are destitute of them it will be better not to be born.

Kural 237:
புகழ்பட வாழாதார் தந்நோவார் தம்மை
இகழ்வாரை நோவது எவன்.
pukazhpata vaazhaadhaar thannhoavaar thammai
ikazhvaarai noavadhu evan
English couplet:
If you your days will spend devoid of goodly fame,
When men despise, why blame them? You've yourself to blame.
Explanation: Why do those who cannot live with praise, grieve those who despise them, instead of grieving themselves for their own inability.

Kural 238:
வசையென்ப வையத்தார்க் கெல்லாம் இசையென்னும்
எச்சம் பெறாஅ விடின்.
vasaiyenpa vaiyaththaark kellaam isaiyennum
echcham peRaaa vitin
English couplet:
Fame is virtue's child, they say; if, then,
You childless live, you live the scorn of men.
Explanation: Not to beget fame will be esteemed a disgrace by the wise in this world.

Kural 239:
வசையிலா வண்பயன் குன்றும் இசையிலா
யாக்கை பொறுத்த நிலம்.
vasaiyilaa vaNnpayan kundrum isaiyilaa
yaakkai poRuththa nilam
English couplet:
The blameless fruits of fields' increase will dwindle down,
If earth the burthen bear of men without renown.
Explanation: The ground which supports a body without fame will diminish in its rich produce.

Kural 240:
வசையொழிய வாழ்வாரே வாழ்வார் இசையொழிய
வாழ்வாரே வாழா தவர்.
vasaiyozhiya vaazhvaarae vaazhvaar isaiyozhiya
vaazhvaarae vaazhaa thavar
English couplet:
Who live without reproach, them living men we deem;
Who live without renown, live not, though living men they seem.
Explanation: Those live who live without disgrace. Those who live without fame live not.