Thirukkural 269 in English

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Tamil original

கூற்றம் குதித்தலும் கைகூடும் நோற்றலின்
ஆற்றல் தலைப்பட் டவர்க்குல்.

Transliteration

Kootram Kudhiththalum Kaikootum Notralin
Aatral Thalaippat Tavarkkul

English Translation

“They can even defy death Who get by penance godly strenth”

Plain-English meaning

Those who have attained the power which religious discipline confers, will be able also to pass the limit of Yama, (the God of death)

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English Translation

They can even defy death Who get by penance godly strenth

G.U. Pope Translation

E'en over death the victory he may gain,If power by penance won his soul obtain

Plain-English Meaning

Those who have attained the power which religious discipline confers, will be able also to pass the limit of Yama, (the God of death)

தவத்தால் வரும் வலிமையைப் பெற்றவரால் எமனையும் வெல்ல முடியும்.

Chapter 27

தவம்

Pains endure; pain not beings This is the type of true penance

Penance is fit for penitents Not for him who in vain pretends

Is it to true penitent's aid, That others austere path avoid?

In penance lies the power to save The friends and foil the foe and knave

What they wish as they wish is won Here hence by men penance is done

Who do penance achieve their aim Others desire-rid themselves harm

Pure and bright gets the gold in fire; and so the life by pain austere

He worship wins from every soul Who Master is by soul control

They can even defy death Who get by penance godly strenth

Many are poor and few are rich For they care not for penance much