Thirukkural 357 in English
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Tamil original
ஓர்த்துள்ளம் உள்ளது உணரின் ஒருதலையாப்
பேர்த்துள்ள வேண்டா பிறப்பு.
Transliteration
Orththullam Ulladhu Unarin Orudhalaiyaap
Perththulla Ventaa Pirappu
Modern English
“A mind that examines what it has learned and firmly understands truth is no longer trapped by fear of repeated birth.”
Modern Interpretation
A mind that examines what it has learned and firmly understands truth is no longer trapped by fear of repeated birth. For example, someone who understands the roots of an unhealthy habit can stop expecting the same mistake to control them forever.
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Modern Plain English
A mind that examines what it has learned and firmly understands truth is no longer trapped by fear of repeated birth.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
One-minded sage sees inner-truth He is free from thoughts of rebirth
G.U. Pope Translation
The mind that knows with certitude what is, and ponders well,Its thoughts on birth again to other life need not to dwell
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Let it not be thought that there is another birth for him whose mind having thoroughly considered (all it has been taught) has known the True Being
Tamil commentary
பெரியவர்களிடம் கேட்டவற்றை மனத்துள் முழுமையாகக் கொண்டு, இடைவிடாமல் மெய்ப்பொருளை உணர்பவருக்குத் திரும்பவும் ஒரு பிறவி இருக்கும் என்று எண்ண வேண்டா.
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