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Thirukkural 366

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

Kural 366

அஞ்சுவ தோரும் அறனே ஒருவனை
வஞ்சிப்ப தோரும் அவா.

Anjuva Thorum Arane Oruvanai
Vanjippa Thorum Avaa

Desire each soul beguiles; True virtue dreads its wiles

Meaning

It is the chief duty of (an ascetic) to watch against desire with (jealous) fear; for it has power to deceive (and destroy) him.

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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