Thirukkural 349 in English

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Tamil original

பற்றற்ற கண்ணே பிறப்பறுக்கும் மற்று
நிலையாமை காணப் படும்.

Transliteration

Patratra Kanne Pirapparukkum Matru
Nilaiyaamai Kaanap Patum

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

At the moment in which desire has been abandoned, (other) births will be cut off; when that has not been done, instability will be seen

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

When that which clings falls off, severed is being's tie;All else will then be seen as instability

Plain-English Meaning

At the moment in which desire has been abandoned, (other) births will be cut off; when that has not been done, instability will be seen

ஆசைகளை முழுவதுமாக விட்டபோதுதான் பிறப்பு என்னும் கட்டு அறுபடும்; விடவில்லை என்றால், பிறப்பு மறுபடியும் தொடரும்.

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