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
Modern English
“Those who gain the full strength of self-discipline can face even the fear of death.”
Modern Interpretation
Those who gain the full strength of self-discipline can face even the fear of death. Their courage is not the absence of danger but mastery over panic. For example, a person who remains brave and purposeful during a serious crisis shows this strength.
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Modern Plain English
Those who gain the full strength of self-discipline can face even the fear of death.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
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
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Those who have attained the power which religious discipline confers, will be able also to pass the limit of Yama, (the God of death)
Tamil commentary
தவத்தால் வரும் வலிமையைப் பெற்றவரால் எமனையும் வெல்ல முடியும்.
Chapter 27
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Pains endure; pain not beings This is the type of true penance
Kural 262Penance is fit for penitents Not for him who in vain pretends
Kural 263Is it to true penitent's aid, That others austere path avoid?
Kural 264In penance lies the power to save The friends and foil the foe and knave
Kural 265What they wish as they wish is won Here hence by men penance is done
Kural 266Who do penance achieve their aim Others desire-rid themselves harm
Kural 267Pure and bright gets the gold in fire; and so the life by pain austere
Kural 268He worship wins from every soul Who Master is by soul control
Kural 269They can even defy death Who get by penance godly strenth
Kural 270Many are poor and few are rich For they care not for penance much