Thirukkural 356 in English
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Tamil original
கற்றீண்டு மெய்ப்பொருள் கண்டார் தலைப்படுவர்
மற்றீண்டு வாரா நெறி.
Transliteration
Katreentu Meypporul Kantaar Thalaippatuvar
Matreentu Vaaraa Neri
Modern English
“The teaching says that those who learn deeply and recognize truth move toward freedom from the cycle of birth.”
Modern Interpretation
The teaching says that those who learn deeply and recognize truth move toward freedom from the cycle of birth. In everyday life, this also points to leaving behind the habits and attachments that keep pulling us back into the same troubles; for example, choosing self-control instead of repeating a harmful pattern.
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Modern Plain English
The teaching says that those who learn deeply and recognize truth move toward freedom from the cycle of birth.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Who learn and here the Truth discern Enter the path of non-return
G.U. Pope Translation
Who learn, and here the knowledge of the true obtain,Shall find the path that hither cometh not again
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
They, who in this birth have learned to know the True Being, enter the road which returns not into this world
Tamil commentary
பெரியவர்களிடம் கற்று, மெய்ப்பொருளை இவ்வுலகில் உணர்ந்தவர்கள் திரும்பவும் பிறக்காமல் இருக்கும் வழியில் செயல்படுவர்.
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