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Thirukkural 364

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

Kural 364

தூஉய்மை என்பது அவாவின்மை மற்றது
வாஅய்மை வேண்ட வரும்.

Thoouymai Enpadhu Avaavinmai Matradhu
Vaaaimai Venta Varum

Desire's decease as purity men know; That, too, from yearning search for truth will grow

Meaning

Purity (of mind) consists in freedom from desire; and that (freedom from desire) is the fruit of the love of truth.

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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