Thirukkural 6 in English

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Tamil original

பொறிவாயில் ஐந்தவித்தான் பொய்தீர் ஒழுக்க
நெறிநின்றார் நீடுவாழ் வார்.

Transliteration

Porivaayil Aindhaviththaan Poidheer Ozhukka
Nerinindraar Neetuvaazh Vaar

English Translation

“They prosper long who walk His way Who has the senses signed away”

Plain-English meaning

Those shall long proposer who abide in the faultless way of Him who has destroyed the five desires of the senses

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English Translation

They prosper long who walk His way Who has the senses signed away

G.U. Pope Translation

Long live they blest, who 've stood in path from falsehood freed;His, 'Who quenched lusts that from the sense-gates five proceed'

Plain-English Meaning

Those shall long proposer who abide in the faultless way of Him who has destroyed the five desires of the senses

மெய், வாய், கண், மூக்கு, செவி ஆகிய ஐந்து பொறிகளின் வழிப் பிறக்கும் தீய ஆசைகளை அழித்து கடவுளின் பொய்யற்ற ஒழுக்க வழியிலே நின்றவர் நெடுங்காலம் வாழ்வார்

Chapter 1

கடவுள் வாழ்த்து

'A' leads letters; the Ancient Lord Leads and lords the entire world

That lore is vain which does not fall At His good feet who knoweth all

Long they live on earth who gain The feet of God in florid brain

Who hold His feet who likes nor loathes Are free from woes of human births

God's praise who tell, are free from right And wrong, the twins of dreaming night

They prosper long who walk His way Who has the senses signed away

His feet, whose likeness none can find, Alone can ease the anxious mind

Who swims the sea of vice is he Who clasps the feet of Virtue's sea

Like senses stale that head is vain Which bows not to Eight-Virtued Divine

The sea of births they alone swim Who clench His feet and cleave to Him