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Thirukkural 353

Chapter 36: மெய்யுணர்தல் (Truth-Consciousness) · Virtue

Kural 353

ஐயத்தின் நீங்கித் தெளிந்தார்க்கு வையத்தின்
வானம் நணிய துடைத்து.

Aiyaththin Neengith Thelindhaarkku Vaiyaththin
Vaanam Naniya Thutaiththu

When doubts disperse, and mists of error rollAway, nearer is heav'n than earth to sage's soul

Meaning

Heaven is nearer than earth to those men of purified minds who are freed from from doubt.

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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