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Thirukkural 361

Chapter 37: அவா அறுத்தல் (Curbing of Desire) · Virtue

Kural 361

அவாஎன்ப எல்லா உயிர்க்கும் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
தவாஅப் பிறப்பீனும் வித்து.

Avaaenpa Ellaa Uyirkkum Enj
Gnaandrum Thavaaap Pirappeenum Viththu

The wise declare, through all the days, to every living thingThat ceaseless round of birth from seed of strong desire doth spring

Meaning

(The wise) say that the seed, which produces unceasing births, at all times, to all creatures, is 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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