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Thirukkural 365

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

Kural 365

அற்றவர் என்பார் அவாஅற்றார் மற்றையார்
அற்றாக அற்றது இலர்.

Atravar Enpaar Avaaatraar Matraiyaar
Atraaka Atradhu Ilar

Men freed from bonds of strong desire are free; None other share such perfect liberty

Meaning

They are said to be free (from future birth) who are freed from desire; all others (who, whatever else they may be free from, are not freed from desire) are not thus free.

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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