Chapter 36: Truth-Conciousness

பொருளல்ல வற்றைப் பொருளென்று உணரும்
மருளானாம் மாணாப் பிறப்பு.

Porulalla Vatraip Porulendru Unarum
Marulaanaam Maanaap Pirappu

That error entails ignoble birth Which deems vain things as things of worth

Meaning: Inglorious births are produced by the confusion (of mind) which considers those things to be real which are not real

இருள்நீங்கி இன்பம் பயக்கும் மருள்நீங்கி
மாசறு காட்சி யவர்க்கு.

Irulneengi Inpam Payakkum Marulneengi
Maasaru Kaatchi Yavarkku

Men of spotless pure insight Enjoy delight devoid of night

Meaning: A clear, undimmed vision of things will deliver its possessors from the darkness of future births, and confer the felicity (of heaven)

ஐயத்தின் நீங்கித் தெளிந்தார்க்கு வையத்தின்
வானம் நணிய துடைத்து.

Aiyaththin Neengith Thelindhaarkku Vaiyaththin
Vaanam Naniya Thutaiththu

To doubtless minds whose heart is clear More than earth heaven is near

Meaning: Heaven is nearer than earth to those men of purified minds who are freed from from doubt

ஐயுணர்வு எய்தியக் கண்ணும் பயமின்றே
மெய்யுணர்வு இல்லா தவர்க்கு.

Aiyunarvu Eydhiyak Kannum Payamindre
Meyyunarvu Illaa Thavarkku

Knowledge of five senses is vain Without knowing the Truth within

Meaning: Even those who have all the knowledge which can be attained by the five senses, will derive no benefit from it, if they are without a knowledge of the true nature of things

எப்பொருள் எத்தன்மைத் தாயினும் அப்பொருள்
மெய்ப்பொருள் காண்பது அறிவு.

Epporul Eththanmaith Thaayinum Apporul
Meypporul Kaanpadhu Arivu

Knowledge is truth of things to find In every case of every kind

Meaning: (True) knowledge is the perception concerning every thing of whatever kind, that that thing is the true thing

கற்றீண்டு மெய்ப்பொருள் கண்டார் தலைப்படுவர்
மற்றீண்டு வாரா நெறி.

Katreentu Meypporul Kantaar Thalaippatuvar
Matreentu Vaaraa Neri

Who learn and here the Truth discern Enter the path of non-return

Meaning: They, who in this birth have learned to know the True Being, enter the road which returns not into this world

ஓர்த்துள்ளம் உள்ளது உணரின் ஒருதலையாப்
பேர்த்துள்ள வேண்டா பிறப்பு.

Orththullam Ulladhu Unarin Orudhalaiyaap
Perththulla Ventaa Pirappu

One-minded sage sees inner-truth He is free from thoughts of rebirth

Meaning: Let it not be thought that there is another birth for him whose mind having thoroughly considered (all it has been taught) has known the True Being

பிறப்பென்னும் பேதைமை நீங்கச் சிறப்பென்னும்
செம்பொருள் காண்பது அறிவு.

Pirappennum Pedhaimai Neengach Chirappennum
Semporul Kaanpadhu Arivu

It is knowledge to know Self-Truth And remove the folly of birth

Meaning: True knowledge consists in the removal of ignorance; which is (the cause of) births, and the perception of the True Being who is (the bestower of) heaven

சார்புணர்ந்து சார்பு கெடஒழுகின் மற்றழித்துச்
சார்தரா சார்தரு நோய்.

Saarpunarndhu Saarpu Ketaozhukin Matrazhiththuch
Chaardharaa Saardharu Noi

Know the Refuge; off with bondage Be free from ills of thraldom, O sage

Meaning: He who so lives as to know Him who is the support of all things and abandon all desire, will be freed from the evils which would otherwise cleave to him and destroy (his efforts after absorption)

காமம் வெகுளி மயக்கம் இவ்மூன்றன்
நாமம் கெடக்கெடும் நோய்.

Kaamam Vekuli Mayakkam Ivaimundran
Naamam Ketakketum Noi

Woes expire when lust, wrath, folly Expire even to name, fully

Meaning: If the very names of these three things, desire, anger, and confusion of mind, be destroyed, then will also perish evils (which flow from them)