Thirukkural 348 in English
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Tamil original
தலைப்பட்டார் தீரத் துறந்தார் மயங்கி
வலைப்பட்டார் மற்றை யவர்.
Transliteration
Thalaippattaar Theerath Thurandhaar Mayangi
Valaippattaar Matrai Yavar
English Translation
“Who renounce all are free from care Others suffer delusive snare”
Plain-English meaning
Those who have entirely renounced (all things and all desire) have obtained (absorption into God); all others wander in confusion, entangled in the net of (many) births
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English Translation
Who renounce all are free from care Others suffer delusive snare
G.U. Pope Translation
Who thoroughly 'renounce' on highest height are set;The rest bewildered, lie entangled in the net
Plain-English Meaning
Those who have entirely renounced (all things and all desire) have obtained (absorption into God); all others wander in confusion, entangled in the net of (many) births
Tamil commentary
ஆசைகளை முழுவதுமாக விட்டு விட்டவரே நல்வாழ்விற்கு முயன்றவர். விடாதவரோ மயங்கி, பிறவி வலைக்குள் அகப்பட்டவரே.
Chapter 35
More from Renunciation
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From what from what a man is free From that, from that his torments flee
Kural 342Give up all to gain the True And endless joys shall hence seek you
Kural 343Curb the senses five and renounce The carving desires all at once
Kural 344To have nothing is law of vows Having the least deludes and snares
Kural 345Why add to bonds while this body Is too much for saints to be birth-free
Kural 346Who curbs the pride of I and mine Gets a world rare for gods to gain
Kural 347Grief clings on and on to those Who cling to bonds without release
Kural 348Who renounce all are free from care Others suffer delusive snare
Kural 349Bondage cut off, rebirth is off The world then seems instable stuff
Kural 350Bind Thyself to the unbound one That binding breaks all bonds anon