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

English Translation

“Woes expire when lust, wrath, folly Expire even to name, fully”

Plain-English meaning

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)

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

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)

விருப்பு, வெறுப்பு, மயக்கம் என்னும் இம்மூன்றன் பெயருங்கூட உள்ளத்திற்குள் இல்லாது போனால், அவற்றால் வரும் துன்பங்களும் இல்லாமல் போகும்.

Chapter 36

மெய்யுணர்தல்

That error entails ignoble birth Which deems vain things as things of worth

Men of spotless pure insight Enjoy delight devoid of night

To doubtless minds whose heart is clear More than earth heaven is near

Knowledge of five senses is vain Without knowing the Truth within

Knowledge is truth of things to find In every case of every kind

Who learn and here the Truth discern Enter the path of non-return

One-minded sage sees inner-truth He is free from thoughts of rebirth

It is knowledge to know Self-Truth And remove the folly of birth

Know the Refuge; off with bondage Be free from ills of thraldom, O sage

Woes expire when lust, wrath, folly Expire even to name, fully