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

English Translation

“Men of spotless pure insight Enjoy delight devoid of night”

Plain-English meaning

A clear, undimmed vision of things will deliver its possessors from the darkness of future births, and confer the felicity (of heaven)

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

A clear, undimmed vision of things will deliver its possessors from the darkness of future births, and confer the felicity (of heaven)

மயக்கத்திலிருந்து விலகிக் குற்றமற்ற மெய்‌யை உணரும் நிலையை அடைந்தவர்க்கு, அந்நிலை துன்ப இருளை விலக்கும்; இன்ப நிலையைக் கொடுக்கும்.

Chapter 36

மெய்யுணர்தல்

That error entails ignoble birth Which deems vain things as things of worth

Men of spotless pure insight Enjoy delight devoid of night

To doubtless minds whose heart is clear More than earth heaven is near

Knowledge of five senses is vain Without knowing the Truth within

Knowledge is truth of things to find In every case of every kind

Who learn and here the Truth discern Enter the path of non-return

One-minded sage sees inner-truth He is free from thoughts of rebirth

It is knowledge to know Self-Truth And remove the folly of birth

Know the Refuge; off with bondage Be free from ills of thraldom, O sage

Woes expire when lust, wrath, folly Expire even to name, fully