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Thirukkural 341

Chapter 35: துறவு (Renunciation) · Virtue

Kural 341

யாதனின் யாதனின் நீங்கியான் நோதல்
அதனின் அதனின் இலன்.

Yaadhanin Yaadhanin Neengiyaan Nodhal
Adhanin Adhanin Ilan

From whatever, aye, whatever, man gets free, From what, aye, from that, no more of pain hath he

Meaning

Whatever thing, a man has renounced, by that thing; he cannot suffer pain.

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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