Thirukkural 370 in English

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Tamil original

ஆரா இயற்கை அவாநீப்பின் அந்நிலையே
பேரா இயற்கை தரும்.

Transliteration

Aaraa Iyarkai Avaaneeppin Annilaiye
Peraa Iyarkai Tharum

English Translation

“Off with desire insatiate You gain the native blissful state”

Plain-English meaning

The removal of desire, whose nature it is never to be satisfied, will immediately confer a nature that can never be changed

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English Translation

Off with desire insatiate You gain the native blissful state

G.U. Pope Translation

Drive from thy soul desire insatiate;Straight'way is gained the moveless blissful state

Plain-English Meaning

The removal of desire, whose nature it is never to be satisfied, will immediately confer a nature that can never be changed

ஒரு காலமும் முடிவு பெறாத குணத்தை உடைய ஆ‌சையை விட்டுவிட்டால், அதுவே ஒருவனுக்கு நிலைத்து வாழும் இயல்பைக் கொடுக்கும்.

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