Thirukkural 358 in English
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Tamil original
பிறப்பென்னும் பேதைமை நீங்கச் சிறப்பென்னும்
செம்பொருள் காண்பது அறிவு.
Transliteration
Pirappennum Pedhaimai Neengach Chirappennum
Semporul Kaanpadhu Arivu
Modern English
“True understanding removes the ignorance that keeps suffering and repeated birth going, and it reveals the truth that brings freedom.”
Modern Interpretation
True understanding removes the ignorance that keeps suffering and repeated birth going, and it reveals the truth that brings freedom. For example, noticing an unfair assumption can help someone replace it with a wiser and kinder way of seeing people.
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Modern Plain English
True understanding removes the ignorance that keeps suffering and repeated birth going, and it reveals the truth that brings freedom.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
It is knowledge to know Self-Truth And remove the folly of birth
G.U. Pope Translation
When folly, cause of births, departs; and soul can viewThe truth of things, man's dignity- 'tis wisdom true
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
True knowledge consists in the removal of ignorance; which is (the cause of) births, and the perception of the True Being who is (the bestower of) heaven
Tamil commentary
பிறவி என்னும் அறியாமையிலிருந்து விலகப் பிறவாமை என்னும் செவ்விய பொருளைக் காண்பதே மெய்யுணர்தல்.
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