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

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

There is in this world no excellence equal to freedom from desire; and even in that world, there is nothing like it

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

There is in this world no excellence equal to freedom from desire; and even in that world, there is nothing like it

எந்தப் பொருளையும் விரும்பாமல் இருப்பது போன்ற சிறந்த செல்வம் இப்பூமியில் வேறு ஒன்று இல்லை; வான் உலகத்திலும் இதற்கு ஒப்பானது இல்லை.

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