Thirukural - Makkatperu - Kural 61 - 70

குறள்/Couplet	Link
Of all that men acquire, we know not any greater gain, Than that which by the birth of learned children men obtain	61
Who children gain, that none reproach, of virtuous worth, No evils touch them, through the sev'n-fold maze of birth	62
'Man's children are his fortune,' say the wise; From each one's deeds his varied fortunes rise	63
Than God's ambrosia sweeter far the food before men laid, In which the little hands of children of their own have play'd	64
To patent sweet the touch of children dear; Their voice is sweetest music to his ear	65
'The pipe is sweet,' 'the lute is sweet,' by them't will be averred, Who music of their infants' lisping lips have never heard	66
Sire greatest boon on son confers, who makes him meet, In councils of the wise to fill the highest seat	67
Their children's wisdom greater than their own confessed, Through the wide world is sweet to every human breast	68
When mother hears him named 'fulfill'd of wisdom's lore,' Far greater joy she feels, than when her son she bore	69
To sire, what best requital can by grateful child be done? To make men say, 'What merit gained the father such a son?'	70