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Thirukkural 22

Chapter 3: நீத்தார் பெருமை (The Greatness of Ascetics) · Virtue

Kural 22

துறந்தார் பெருமை துணைக்கூறின் வையத்து
இறந்தாரை எண்ணிக்கொண் டற்று.

Thurandhaar Perumai Thunaikkoorin Vaiyaththu
Irandhaarai Ennikkon Tatru

As counting those that from the earth have passed away,'Tis vain attempt the might of holy men to say

Meaning

To describe the measure of the greatness of those who have forsaken the two-fold desires, is like counting the dead.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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