“Tamil:
வடக்குப் பார்த்த மச்சுவீட்டைப் பார்க்கிலும் தெற்குப் பார்த்த தெருத்திண்ணை நல்லது.”
“English Translation:
A pyal facing south is preferable to a terraced house with a northern aspect.The following rules relating to the building of a house will illustrate this proverb.Having selected a site, the frontage must be divided into nine equal parts, five being assigned to the right, and three to the left, the fourth division being reserved for the door-way. The enumeration begins on the left, and thus the fourth section is in the mansion of Mercury. The occupant of such a house may become as wealthy as Kubéran.A person born under Gemini, Cancer or Leo must build his house on a line stretching east and west, the entrance being placed easterly.A person born under Virgo, Libra or Scorpio, must build on a line running north and south, the door-way being southerly.One born under Sagitarius, Capricorn or Aquarius must build west and east placing the entrance westerly. If born under Pices, Aries or the Twins, he must build south and north the door being placed northerly.A family occupying a house built contrary to these rules will be ruined.”,