Thirukkural 343 in English

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Tamil original

அடல்வேண்டும் ஐந்தன் புலத்தை விடல்வேண்டும்
வேண்டிய வெல்லாம் ஒருங்கு.

Transliteration

Atalventum Aindhan Pulaththai Vitalventum
Ventiya Vellaam Orungu

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

Let the five senses be destroyed; and at the same time, let everything be abandoned that (the ascetic) has (formerly) desired

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Tamil pronunciation

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

'Perceptions of the five' must all expire;-Relinquished in its order each desire

Plain-English Meaning

Let the five senses be destroyed; and at the same time, let everything be abandoned that (the ascetic) has (formerly) desired

ஆசைகளைப் பிறப்பிக்கும் ஐந்து புலன்களையும் அடக்க வேண்டும்; அவற்றை அடக்குவதற்குத் தனக்குரிய அனைத்தையும் விட்டு விட வேண்டு்ம்.

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