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Chapter 36: மெய்யுணர்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 36

Kural 359

மெய்யுணர்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

சார்புணர்ந்து சார்பு கெடஒழுகின் மற்றழித்துச் சார்தரா சார்தரு நோய்.

Saarpunarndhu Saarpu Ketaozhukin Matrazhiththuch Chaardharaa Saardharu Noi

“Know the Refuge; off with bondage Be free from ills of thraldom, O sage”

The true 'support' who knows- rejects 'supports' he sought before-Sorrow that clings all destroys, shall cling to him no more

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Kural #359

The Shadow of Desires and the True Light

The story illustrates that relying on transient desires leads to suffering, while connecting to the ultimate reality brings liberation. He who so lives as to know Him who is the support of all things and abandon all desire, will be freed from the evils which would otherwise cleave to him and destroy (his efforts after absorption)

8–14 yr 2 min