Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்) — Domestic Virtue (இல்லறவியல்) — Domestic Life (இல்வாழ்க்கை)

Kural 41:
இல்வாழ்வான் என்பான் இயல்புடைய மூவர்க்கும்
நல்லாற்றின் நின்ற துணை.
ilvaazhvaan enpaan iyalputaiya moovarkkum
nallaatrin nindra thuNai
English couplet:
The men of household virtue, firm in way of good, sustain
The other orders three that rule professed maintain
Explanation: He will be called a (true) householder, who is a firm support to the virtuous of the three orders in

Kural 42:
துறந்தார்க்கும் துவ்வாதவர்க்கும் இறந்தார்க்கும்
இல்வாழ்வான் என்பான் துணை.
thuRandhaarkkum thuvvaa thavarkkum iRandhaarkkum
ilvaazhvaan enpaan thuNai
English couplet:
To anchorites, to indigent, to those who've passed away,
The man for household virtue famed is needful held and stay
Explanation: He will be said to flourish in domestic virtue who aids the forsaken, the poor, and the dead

Kural 43:
தென்புலத்தார் தெய்வம் விருந்தொக்கல் தானென்றாங்கு
ஐம்புலத்தாறு ஓம்பல் தலை.
thenpulaththaar theyvam virundhokkal thaanendraangu
impulaththaaaRu Ompal thlai
English couplet:
The manes, God, guests kindred, self, in due degree,
These five to cherish well is chiefest charity
Explanation: The chief (duty of the householder) is to preserve the five-fold rule (of conduct) towards the manes, the Gods, his guests, his relations and himself

Kural 44:
பழியஞ்சிப் பாத்தூண் உடைத்தாயின் வாழ்க்கை
வழியெஞ்சல் எஞ்ஞான்றும் இல்.
pazhiyanjip paaththooN udaiththaayin vaazhkkai
vazhiyenjal enhjGnaandrum il
English couplet:
Who shares his meal with other, while all guilt he shuns,
His virtuous line unbroken though the ages runs
Explanation: His descendants shall never fail who, living in the domestic state, fears vice (in the acquisition of property) and shares his food (with others)

Kural 45:
அன்பும் அறனும் உடைத்தாயின் இல்வாழ்க்கை
பண்பும் பயனும் அது.
anpum aRanum udaiththaayin ilvaazhkkai
paNpum payanum adhu
English couplet:
If love and virtue in the household reign,
This is of life the perfect grace and gain
Explanation: If the married life possess love and virtue, these will be both its duty and reward

Kural 46:
அறத்தாற்றின் இல்வாழ்க்கை ஆற்றின் புறத்தாற்றில்
போஒய்ப் பெறுவ எவன்.
aRaththaatrin ilvaazhkkai aatrin puRaththaatril
poaoip peRuva evan
English couplet:
If man in active household life a virtuous soul retain,
What fruit from other modes of virtue can he gain
Explanation: What will he who lives virtuously in the domestic state gain by going into the other, (ascetic) state ?

Kural 47:
இயல்பினான் இல்வாழ்க்கை வாழ்பவன் என்பான்
முயல்வாருள் எல்லாம் தலை.
iyalpinaan ilvaazhkkai vaazhpavan enpaan
muyalvaaruL ellaam thalai
English couplet:
In nature's way who spends his calm domestic days,
'Mid all that strive for virtue's crown hath foremost place
Explanation: Among all those who labour (for future happiness) he is greatest who lives well in the household state

Kural 48:
ஆற்றின் ஒழுக்கி அறனிழுக்கா இல்வாழ்க்கை
நோற்பாரின் நோன்மை உடைத்து.
aatrin ozhukki aRanizhukkaa ilvaazhkkai
noRpaarin noanmai udaiththu
English couplet:
Others it sets upon their way, itself from virtue ne'er declines;
Than stern ascetics' pains such life domestic brighter shines
Explanation: The householder who, not swerving from virtue, helps the ascetic in his way, endures more than those who endure penance

Kural 49:
அறனென்ப் பட்டதே இல்வாழ்க்கை அஃதும்
பிறன்பழிப்ப தில்லாயின் நன்று.
aRanenp pattadhae ilvaazhkkai aqdhum
piRanpazhippa thillaayin nandru
English couplet:
The life domestic rightly bears true virtue's name;
That other too, if blameless found, due praise may claim
Explanation: The marriage state is truly called virtue The other state is also good, if others do not reproach it

Kural 50:
வையத்துள் வாழ்வாங்கு வாழ்பவன் வான்உறையும்
தெய்வத்துள் வைக்கப் படும்.
vaiyaththuL vaazhvaangu vaazhpavan vaanuRaiyum
theyvaththuL vaikkap padum
English couplet:
Who shares domestic life, by household virtues graced,
Shall, mid the Gods, in heaven who dwell, be placed
Explanation: He who on earth has lived in the conjugal state as he should live, will be placed among the Gods who dwell in heaven