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Chapter 35: துறவு

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 35

Kural 348

துறவு

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திருக்குறள்

தலைப்பட்டார் தீரத் துறந்தார் மயங்கி வலைப்பட்டார் மற்றை யவர்.

Thalaippattaar Theerath Thurandhaar Mayangi Valaippattaar Matrai Yavar

“Who renounce all are free from care Others suffer delusive snare”

Who thoroughly 'renounce' on highest height are set;The rest bewildered, lie entangled in the net

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Kural #348

The Secret of Peace

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that those entangled in desires wander in confusion, while those who renounce them find true absorption and peace. Those who have entirely renounced (all things and all desire) have obtained (absorption into God); all others wander in confusion, entangled in the net of (many) births

8–14 yr 2 min