Thirukkural 362 in English

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Tamil original

வேண்டுங்கால் வேண்டும் பிறவாமை மற்றது
வேண்டாமை வேண்ட வரும்.

Transliteration

Ventungaal Ventum Piravaamai Matradhu
Ventaamai Venta Varum

English Translation

“If long thou must, long for non-birth It comes by longing no more for earth”

Plain-English meaning

If anything be desired, freedom from births should be desired; that (freedom from births) will be attained by desiring to be without desire

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English Translation

If long thou must, long for non-birth It comes by longing no more for earth

G.U. Pope Translation

If desire you feel, freedom from changing birth require!'I' will come, if you desire to 'scape, set free from all desire

Plain-English Meaning

If anything be desired, freedom from births should be desired; that (freedom from births) will be attained by desiring to be without desire

பிறவாமையை எப்போது விரும்புகிறோமோ அப்போது அந்த நிலை நமக்கு வர வேண்டும். ஆசையற்று இருப்பதை விரும்பும்போதுதான் அந்த நிலை நமக்கு உண்டாகும்.

Chapter 37

அவா அறுத்தல்

Desire to all, always is seed From which ceaseless births proceed

If long thou must, long for non-birth It comes by longing no more for earth

No such wealth is here and there As peerless wealth of non-desire

To nothing crave is purity That is the fruit of verity

The free are those who desire not The rest not free in bonds are caught

Dread desire; Virtue is there To every soul desire is snare!

Destroy desire; deliverance Comes as much as you aspire hence

Desire extinct no sorrow-taints Grief comes on grief where it pretends

Desire, the woe of woes destroy Joy of joys here you enjoy

Off with desire insatiate You gain the native blissful state