Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Friendship (நட்பியல்) — Being led by Women (பெண்வழிச்சேறல்)

Kural 901:
மனைவிழைவார் மாண்பயன் எய்தார் வினைவிழையார்
வேண்டாப் பொருளும் அது.
manaivizhaivaar maaNpayan eydhaar vinaivizhaiyaar
vaeNtaap poruLum adhu
English couplet:
Who give their soul to love of wife acquire not nobler gain;
Who give their soul to strenuous deeds such meaner joys disdain.
Explanation: Those who lust after their wives will not attain the excellence of virtue; and it is just this that is not desired by those who are bent on acquiring wealth.

Kural 902:
பேணாது பெண்விழைவான் ஆக்கம் பெரியதோர்
நாணாக நாணுத் தரும்.
paeNaadhu peNvizhaivaan aakkam periyadhoar
naaNaaka naaNuth tharum
English couplet:
Who gives himself to love of wife, careless of noble name
His wealth will clothe him with o'erwhelming shame.
Explanation: The wealth of him who, regardless (of his manliness), devotes himself to his wife's feminine nature will cause great shame (to ali men) and to himself.

Kural 903:
இல்லாள்கண் தாழ்ந்த இயல்பின்மை எஞ்ஞான்றும்
நல்லாருள் நாணுத் தரும்.
illaaLkaN thaazhndha iyalpinmai eGnGnaandrum
nallaaruL naaNuth tharum
English couplet:
Who to his wife submits, his strange, unmanly mood
Will daily bring him shame among the good.
Explanation: The frailty that stoops to a wife will always make (her husband) feel ashamed among the good.

Kural 904:
மனையாளை அஞ்சும் மறுமையி லாளன்
வினையாண்மை வீறெய்த லின்று.
manaiyaaLai anjum maRumaiyi laaLan
vinaiyaaNmai veeReydha lindru
English couplet:
No glory crowns e'en manly actions wrought
By him who dreads his wife, nor gives the other world a thought.
Explanation: The undertaking of one, who fears his wife and is therefore destitute of (bliss), will never be applauded.

Kural 905:
இல்லாளை அஞ்சுவான் அஞ்சுமற் றெஞ்ஞான்றும்
நல்லார்க்கு நல்ல செயல்.
illaaLai anjuvaan anjumaR ReGnGnaandrum
nallaarkku nalla seyal
English couplet:
Who quakes before his wife will ever tremble too,
Good deeds to men of good deserts to do.
Explanation: He that fears his wife will always be afraid of doing good deeds (even) to the good.

Kural 906:
இமையாரின் வாழினும் பாடிலரே இல்லாள்
அமையார்தோள் அஞ்சு பவர்.
imaiyaarin vaazhinum paatilarae illaaL
amaiyaardhoaL anju pavar
English couplet:
Though, like the demi-gods, in bliss they dwell secure from harm,
Those have no dignity who fear the housewife's slender arm.
Explanation: They that fear the bamboo-like shoulders of their wives will be destitute of manliness though they may flourish like the Gods.

Kural 907:
பெண்ணேவல் செய்தொழுகும் ஆண்மையின் நாணுடைப்
பெண்ணே பெருமை உடைத்து.
peNNaeval seydhozhukum aaNmaiyin naaNutaip
peNNe perumai udaiththu
English couplet:
The dignity of modest womanhood excels
His manliness, obedient to a woman's law who dwells.
Explanation: Even shame faced womanhood is more to be esteemed than the shameless manhood that performs the behests of a wife.

Kural 908:
நட்டார் குறைமுடியார் நன்றாற்றார் நன்னுதலாள்
பெட்டாங்கு ஒழுகு பவர்.
nattaar kuRaimutiyaar nandraatraar nannudhalaaL
pettaangu ozhuku pavar
English couplet:
In Who to the will of her with beauteous brow their lives conform,
Aid not their friends in need, nor acts of charity perform.
Explanation: Those who yield to the wishes of their wives will neither relieve the wants of (their) friends nor perform virtuous deeds.

Kural 909:
அறவினையும் ஆன்ற பொருளும் பிறவினையும்
பெண்ஏவல் செய்வார்கண் இல்.
aRavinaiyum aandra poruLum piRavinaiyum
peN-Eeval seyvaarkaN il
English couplet:
No virtuous deed, no seemly wealth, no pleasure, rests
With them who live obedient to their wives' behests.
Explanation: From those who obey the commands of their wives are to be expected neither deeds of virtue, nor those of wealth nor (even) those of pleasure.

Kural 910:
எண்சேர்ந்த நெஞ்சத் திடனுடையார்க்கு எஞ்ஞான்றும்
பெண்சேர்ந்தாம் பேதைமை இல்.
eNsaerndha nenjath thitanutaiyaarkku eGnGnaandrum
peNsaerndhaam paedhaimai il
English couplet:
Where pleasures of the mind, that dwell in realms of thought, abound,
Folly, that springs from overweening woman's love, is never found.
Explanation: The foolishness that results from devotion to a wife will never be found in those who possess a reflecting mind and a prosperity (flowing) therefrom.