Thirukkural 345 in English

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Tamil original

மற்றும் தொடர்ப்பாடு எவன்கொல் பிறப்பறுக்கல்
உற்றார்க்கு உடம்பும் மிகை.

Transliteration

Matrum Thotarppaatu Evankol Pirapparukkal
Utraarkku Utampum Mikai

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

What means the addition of other things those who are attempting to cut off (future) births, when even their body is too much (for them)

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

To those who sev'rance seek from being's varied strife,Flesh is burthen sore; what then other bonds of life

Plain-English Meaning

What means the addition of other things those who are attempting to cut off (future) births, when even their body is too much (for them)

இனியும் பிறப்பது கூடாது என்று பிறப்பை‌யே அறுக்க முயன்றவர்க்கு அவரது உடம்பே அதிகம்; நிலைமை இப்படி இருக்க, உடம்பிற்கும் மேலான சுமை எதற்கு?

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