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Chapter 37: அவாவறுத்தல்

On Virtue Ascetic Virtue Chapter 37

Kural 370

அவாவறுத்தல்

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திருக்குறள்

ஆரா இயற்கை அவாநீப்பின் அந்நிலையே பேரா இயற்கை தரும்.

Aaraa Iyarkai Avaaneeppin Annilaiye Peraa Iyarkai Tharum

“Off with desire insatiate You gain the native blissful state”

Drive from thy soul desire insatiate;Straight'way is gained the moveless blissful state

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Kural #370

The Boy and the Endless Hunger

The story illustrates that desire is inherently insatiable, and overcoming it leads to an unshakeable state of contentment. The removal of desire, whose nature it is never to be satisfied, will immediately confer a nature that can never be changed

8–14 yr 2 min