Thirukkural 363 in English
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Tamil original
வேண்டாமை அன்ன விழுச்செல்வம் ஈண்டில்லை
ஆண்டும் அஃதொப்பது இல்.
Transliteration
Ventaamai Anna Vizhuchchelvam Eentillai
Aantum Aqdhoppadhu Il
Modern English
“Freedom from harmful craving is a greater wealth than anything money can buy.”
Modern Interpretation
Freedom from harmful craving is a greater wealth than anything money can buy. For example, someone who is not controlled by brands or other people’s approval can feel rich even with a simple life.
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Modern Plain English
Freedom from harmful craving is a greater wealth than anything money can buy.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
No such wealth is here and there As peerless wealth of non-desire
G.U. Pope Translation
No glorious wealth is here like freedom from desire;To bliss like this not even there can soul aspire
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
There is in this world no excellence equal to freedom from desire; and even in that world, there is nothing like it
Tamil commentary
எந்தப் பொருளையும் விரும்பாமல் இருப்பது போன்ற சிறந்த செல்வம் இப்பூமியில் வேறு ஒன்று இல்லை; வான் உலகத்திலும் இதற்கு ஒப்பானது இல்லை.
Chapter 37
More from Curbing of Desire
அவா அறுத்தல்
Desire to all, always is seed From which ceaseless births proceed
Kural 362If long thou must, long for non-birth It comes by longing no more for earth
Kural 363No such wealth is here and there As peerless wealth of non-desire
Kural 364To nothing crave is purity That is the fruit of verity
Kural 365The free are those who desire not The rest not free in bonds are caught
Kural 366Dread desire; Virtue is there To every soul desire is snare!
Kural 367Destroy desire; deliverance Comes as much as you aspire hence
Kural 368Desire extinct no sorrow-taints Grief comes on grief where it pretends
Kural 369Desire, the woe of woes destroy Joy of joys here you enjoy
Kural 370Off with desire insatiate You gain the native blissful state