Thirukkural 364 in English
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Tamil original
தூஉய்மை என்பது அவாவின்மை மற்றது
வாஅய்மை வேண்ட வரும்.
Transliteration
Thoouymai Enpadhu Avaavinmai Matradhu
Vaaaimai Venta Varum
Modern English
“A clean mind is free from greedy craving, and that freedom grows from loving truth.”
Modern Interpretation
A clean mind is free from greedy craving, and that freedom grows from loving truth. For example, admitting a mistake instead of protecting your image keeps your mind clearer and your relationships more honest.
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Modern Plain English
A clean mind is free from greedy craving, and that freedom grows from loving truth.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
To nothing crave is purity That is the fruit of verity
G.U. Pope Translation
Desire's decease as purity men know;That, too, from yearning search for truth will grow
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Purity (of mind) consists in freedom from desire; and that (freedom from desire) is the fruit of the love of truth
Tamil commentary
மனத்தூய்மை என்பது ஆசை இல்லாமல் இருப்பதே; ஆசை இல்லாமல் இருப்பதோ மெய்ப்பொருளை விரும்புவதால் உண்டாகும்.
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