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Thirukkural 24

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

Kural 24

உரனென்னும் தோட்டியான் ஓரைந்தும் காப்பான்
வரனென்னும் வைப்பிற்கோர் வித்து.

Uranennum Thottiyaan Oraindhum Kaappaan
Varanennum Vaippirkor Viththu

He, who with firmness, curb the five restrains, Is seed for soil of yonder happy plains

Meaning

He who guides his five senses by the hook of wisdom will be a seed in the world of heaven.

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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