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Chapter 37: அவாவறுத்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 37

Kural 369

அவாவறுத்தல்

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இன்பம் இடையறா தீண்டும் அவாவென்னும் துன்பத்துள் துன்பங் கெடின்.

Inpam Itaiyaraa Theentum Avaavennum Thunpaththul Thunpang Ketin

“Desire, the woe of woes destroy Joy of joys here you enjoy”

When dies away desire, that woe of woesEv'n here the soul unceasing rapture knows

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Kural #369

Arjun and the Golden Toy

The story illustrates that desire is a form of sorrow, and true, unshakeable happiness arrives only when desire is conquered. Even while in this body, joy will never depart (from the mind, in which) desire, that sorrow of sorrows, has been destroyed

8–14 yr 1 min