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Thirukkural 370

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

Kural 370

ஆரா இயற்கை அவாநீப்பின் அந்நிலையே
பேரா இயற்கை தரும்.

Aaraa Iyarkai Avaaneeppin Annilaiye
Peraa Iyarkai Tharum

Drive from thy soul desire insatiate; Straight'way is gained the moveless blissful state

Meaning

The removal of desire, whose nature it is never to be satisfied, will immediately confer a nature that can never be changed.

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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