Thirukkural 341 in English

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Tamil original

யாதனின் யாதனின் நீங்கியான் நோதல்
அதனின் அதனின் இலன்.

Transliteration

Yaadhanin Yaadhanin Neengiyaan Nodhal
Adhanin Adhanin Ilan

English Translation

“From what from what a man is free From that, from that his torments flee”

Plain-English meaning

Whatever thing, a man has renounced, by that thing; he cannot suffer pain

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English Translation

From what from what a man is free From that, from that his torments flee

G.U. Pope Translation

From whatever, aye, whatever, man gets free,From what, aye, from that, no more of pain hath he

Plain-English Meaning

Whatever thing, a man has renounced, by that thing; he cannot suffer pain

எந்த எந்தப் பொருள்களின் மேல் விருப்பம் இல்லாதவனாய் விலகுகிறானோ அவன் அந்த அந்த பொருள்களால் துன்பப்படமாட்டான்.

Chapter 35

துறவு

From what from what a man is free From that, from that his torments flee

Give up all to gain the True And endless joys shall hence seek you

Curb the senses five and renounce The carving desires all at once

To have nothing is law of vows Having the least deludes and snares

Why add to bonds while this body Is too much for saints to be birth-free

Who curbs the pride of I and mine Gets a world rare for gods to gain

Grief clings on and on to those Who cling to bonds without release

Who renounce all are free from care Others suffer delusive snare

Bondage cut off, rebirth is off The world then seems instable stuff

Bind Thyself to the unbound one That binding breaks all bonds anon