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Chapter 36: மெய்யுணர்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 36

Kural 360

மெய்யுணர்தல்

Position 10/10

திருக்குறள்

காமம் வெகுளி மயக்கம் இவ்மூன்றன் நாமம் கெடக்கெடும் நோய்.

Kaamam Vekuli Mayakkam Ivaimundran Naamam Ketakketum Noi

“Woes expire when lust, wrath, folly Expire even to name, fully”

When lust and wrath and error's triple tyranny is o'er,Their very names for aye extinct, then pain shall be no more

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Kural #360

The Secret of Peace

The story illustrates how controlling desire, anger, and mental confusion leads to a life free from the 'evils' or troubles mentioned in the Kural. If the very names of these three things, desire, anger, and confusion of mind, be destroyed, then will also perish evils (which flow from them)

8–14 yr 2 min