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Thirukkural 368

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

Kural 368

அவாஇல்லார்க் கில்லாகுந் துன்பம் அஃதுண்டேல்
தவாஅது மேன்மேல் வரும்.

Avaaillaark Killaakun Thunpam Aqdhuntel
Thavaaadhu Menmel Varum

Affliction is not known where no desires abide; Where these are, endless rises sorrow's tide

Meaning

There is no sorrow to those who are without desire; but where that is, (sorrow) will incessantly come, more and more.

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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