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
Modern English
“Craving is never fully satisfied; letting it go brings a steadier kind of contentment.”
Modern Interpretation
Craving is never fully satisfied; letting it go brings a steadier kind of contentment. For example, ending the habit of endless shopping can make room for gratitude and peace with what is already enough.
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Modern Plain English
Craving is never fully satisfied; letting it go brings a steadier kind of contentment.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
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
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
The removal of desire, whose nature it is never to be satisfied, will immediately confer a nature that can never be changed
Tamil commentary
ஒரு காலமும் முடிவு பெறாத குணத்தை உடைய ஆசையை விட்டுவிட்டால், அதுவே ஒருவனுக்கு நிலைத்து வாழும் இயல்பைக் கொடுக்கும்.
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