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Thirukkural 347

Chapter 35: துறவு (Renunciation) · Virtue

Kural 347

பற்றி விடாஅ இடும்பைகள் பற்றினைப்
பற்றி விடாஅ தவர் க்கு.

Patri Vitaaa Itumpaikal Patrinaip
Patri Vitaaa Thavarkku

Who cling to things that cling and eager clasp, Griefs cling to them with unrelaxing grasp

Meaning

Sorrows will never let go their hold of those who give not up their hold of desire.

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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