Thirukkural 360 in English
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Tamil original
காமம் வெகுளி மயக்கம் இவ்மூன்றன்
நாமம் கெடக்கெடும் நோய்.
Transliteration
Kaamam Vekuli Mayakkam Ivaimundran
Naamam Ketakketum Noi
Modern English
“Desire, anger, and confusion feed many troubles; when we stop giving them room, those troubles begin to fade.”
Modern Interpretation
Desire, anger, and confusion feed many troubles; when we stop giving them room, those troubles begin to fade. For example, pausing before sending an angry reply can prevent one heated moment from damaging a friendship.
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Modern Plain English
Desire, anger, and confusion feed many troubles; when we stop giving them room, those troubles begin to fade.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Woes expire when lust, wrath, folly Expire even to name, fully
G.U. Pope Translation
When lust and wrath and error's triple tyranny is o'er,Their very names for aye extinct, then pain shall be no more
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
If the very names of these three things, desire, anger, and confusion of mind, be destroyed, then will also perish evils (which flow from them)
Tamil commentary
விருப்பு, வெறுப்பு, மயக்கம் என்னும் இம்மூன்றன் பெயருங்கூட உள்ளத்திற்குள் இல்லாது போனால், அவற்றால் வரும் துன்பங்களும் இல்லாமல் போகும்.
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