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Thirukkural 357

Chapter 36: மெய்யுணர்தல் (Truth-Consciousness) · Virtue

Kural 357

ஓர்த்துள்ளம் உள்ளது உணரின் ஒருதலையாப்
பேர்த்துள்ள வேண்டா பிறப்பு.

Orththullam Ulladhu Unarin Orudhalaiyaap
Perththulla Ventaa Pirappu

The mind that knows with certitude what is, and ponders well, Its thoughts on birth again to other life need not to dwell

Meaning

Let it not be thought that there is another birth for him whose mind having thoroughly considered (all it has been taught) has known the True Being.

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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