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

English Translation

“To nothing crave is purity That is the fruit of verity”

Plain-English meaning

Purity (of mind) consists in freedom from desire; and that (freedom from desire) is the fruit of the love of truth

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

Purity (of mind) consists in freedom from desire; and that (freedom from desire) is the fruit of the love of truth

மனத்தூய்மை என்பது ஆசை இல்லாமல் இருப்பதே; ஆசை இல்லாமல் இருப்பதோ மெய்ப்பொருளை விரும்புவதால் 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