Thirukkural 369 in English

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Tamil original

இன்பம் இடையறா தீண்டும் அவாவென்னும்
துன்பத்துள் துன்பங் கெடின்.

Transliteration

Inpam Itaiyaraa Theentum Avaavennum
Thunpaththul Thunpang Ketin

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

Even while in this body, joy will never depart (from the mind, in which) desire, that sorrow of sorrows, has been destroyed

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

When dies away desire, that woe of woesEv'n here the soul unceasing rapture knows

Plain-English Meaning

Even while in this body, joy will never depart (from the mind, in which) desire, that sorrow of sorrows, has been destroyed

ஆசை எனப்படும் பெருந்துன்பம் இல்லாது போனால், இன்பம் இடைவிடாமல் வரும்.

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