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Thirukkural 367

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

Kural 367

அவாவினை ஆற்ற அறுப்பின் தவாவினை
தான்வேண்டு மாற்றான் வரும்.

Avaavinai Aatra Aruppin Thavaavinai
Thaanventu Maatraan Varum

Who thoroughly rids his life of passion-prompted deed, Deeds of unfailing worth shall do, which, as he plans, succeed

Meaning

If a man thoroughly cut off all desire, the deeds, which confer immortality, will come to him, in the path in which he seeks them.

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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