Thirukkural 359 in English
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Tamil original
சார்புணர்ந்து சார்பு கெடஒழுகின் மற்றழித்துச்
சார்தரா சார்தரு நோய்.
Transliteration
Saarpunarndhu Saarpu Ketaozhukin Matrazhiththuch
Chaardharaa Saardharu Noi
Modern English
“When we understand what gives suffering its support and loosen our attachment to it, those troubles lose their hold.”
Modern Interpretation
When we understand what gives suffering its support and loosen our attachment to it, those troubles lose their hold. For example, a person who stops depending on constant praise is less shaken when others do not approve.
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Modern Plain English
When we understand what gives suffering its support and loosen our attachment to it, those troubles lose their hold.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Know the Refuge; off with bondage Be free from ills of thraldom, O sage
G.U. Pope Translation
The true 'support' who knows- rejects 'supports' he sought before-Sorrow that clings all destroys, shall cling to him no more
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
He who so lives as to know Him who is the support of all things and abandon all desire, will be freed from the evils which would otherwise cleave to him and destroy (his efforts after absorption)
Tamil commentary
எல்லாப் பொருள்களுக்கும் இடமாகிய மெய்ப்பொருளை உணர்ந்து பற்றின்றி வாழ்ந்தால், பற்ற வரும் துன்பங்கள் ஒழுக்க உணர்வை அழி்த்துப் பற்ற மாட்டா.
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