Thirukkural 352 in English
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Tamil original
இருள்நீங்கி இன்பம் பயக்கும் மருள்நீங்கி
மாசறு காட்சி யவர்க்கு.
Transliteration
Irulneengi Inpam Payakkum Marulneengi
Maasaru Kaatchi Yavarkku
Modern English
“When confusion clears and we see things honestly, life becomes more peaceful and joyful.”
Modern Interpretation
When confusion clears and we see things honestly, life becomes more peaceful and joyful. For example, checking the facts before reacting can replace needless worry with a calmer decision.
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Modern Plain English
When confusion clears and we see things honestly, life becomes more peaceful and joyful.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Men of spotless pure insight Enjoy delight devoid of night
G.U. Pope Translation
Darkness departs, and rapture springs to men who see,The mystic vision pure, from all delusion free
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
A clear, undimmed vision of things will deliver its possessors from the darkness of future births, and confer the felicity (of heaven)
Tamil commentary
மயக்கத்திலிருந்து விலகிக் குற்றமற்ற மெய்யை உணரும் நிலையை அடைந்தவர்க்கு, அந்நிலை துன்ப இருளை விலக்கும்; இன்ப நிலையைக் கொடுக்கும்.
Chapter 36
More from Truth-Conciousness
மெய்யுணர்தல்
That error entails ignoble birth Which deems vain things as things of worth
Kural 352Men of spotless pure insight Enjoy delight devoid of night
Kural 353To doubtless minds whose heart is clear More than earth heaven is near
Kural 354Knowledge of five senses is vain Without knowing the Truth within
Kural 355Knowledge is truth of things to find In every case of every kind
Kural 356Who learn and here the Truth discern Enter the path of non-return
Kural 357One-minded sage sees inner-truth He is free from thoughts of rebirth
Kural 358It is knowledge to know Self-Truth And remove the folly of birth
Kural 359Know the Refuge; off with bondage Be free from ills of thraldom, O sage
Kural 360Woes expire when lust, wrath, folly Expire even to name, fully