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Thirukkural 350

Chapter 35: துறவு (Renunciation) · Virtue

Kural 350

பற்றுக பற்றற்றான் பற்றினை அப்பற்றைப்
பற்றுக பற்று விடற்கு.

Patruka Patratraan Patrinai Appatraip
Patruka Patru Vitarku

Cling thou to that which He, to Whom nought clings, hath bid thee cling, Cling to that bond, to get thee free from every clinging thing

Meaning

Desire the desire of Him who is without desire; in order to renounce desire, desire that 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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