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Chapter 35: துறவு

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 35

Kural 345

துறவு

Position 5/10

திருக்குறள்

மற்றும் தொடர்ப்பாடு எவன்கொல் பிறப்பறுக்கல் உற்றார்க்கு உடம்பும் மிகை.

Matrum Thotarppaatu Evankol Pirapparukkal Utraarkku Utampum Mikai

“Why add to bonds while this body Is too much for saints to be birth-free”

To those who sev'rance seek from being's varied strife,Flesh is burthen sore; what then other bonds of life

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Kural #345

Dev and the True Freedom

The story illustrates that before seeking higher spiritual goals, one must be able to manage their physical self and worldly attachments. What means the addition of other things those who are attempting to cut off (future) births, when even their body is too much (for them)

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