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Chapter 37: அவாவறுத்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 37

Kural 368

அவாவறுத்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

அவாஇல்லார்க் கில்லாகுந் துன்பம் அஃதுண்டேல் தவாஅது மேன்மேல் வரும்.

Avaaillaark Killaakun Thunpam Aqdhuntel Thavaaadhu Menmel Varum

“Desire extinct no sorrow-taints Grief comes on grief where it pretends”

Affliction is not known where no desires abide;Where these are, endless rises sorrow's tide

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Kural #368

The Endless Ladder of Want

The story illustrates how desire acts as a cycle of increasing suffering, mirroring the Kural. There is no sorrow to those who are without desire; but where that is, (sorrow) will incessantly come, more and more

8–14 yr 2 min