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Chapter 35: துறவு

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 35

Kural 343

துறவு

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திருக்குறள்

அடல்வேண்டும் ஐந்தன் புலத்தை விடல்வேண்டும் வேண்டிய வெல்லாம் ஒருங்கு.

Atalventum Aindhan Pulaththai Vitalventum Ventiya Vellaam Orungu

“Curb the senses five and renounce The carving desires all at once”

'Perceptions of the five' must all expire;-Relinquished in its order each desire

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Kural #343

Arjun's True Freedom

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that renunciation requires overcoming the pull of the five senses and abandoning all previous attachments. Let the five senses be destroyed; and at the same time, let everything be abandoned that (the ascetic) has (formerly) desired

8–14 yr 1 min