Tirukkural Chapter 37 - Couplets 1,2,3 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 37 - அவா அறுத்தல்
CHAPTER 37 - DESTRUCTION OF DESIRES.
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37/01. அவாஎன்ப எல்லா உயிர்க்கும் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
தவாஅப் பிறப்பினும் வித்து.

37/01. Avaaenba ellaa uyirkkum egngnaanrrum
Thavaap pirrappinum viththu.

37/01. Wise men say that for all living beings
The seed of harmless birth always is desire.
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Vijayan: Wise men say all the sufferings
Are due to uncontrollable desires.

Devan: Desires are the root cause,
In the world, for all sufferings,
As desires create attachments
Which, in turn, cause many births.

Desire is an obstacle for one
Who wants to seriously learn
And pursue the path set by wise men
For the divine course of action.

One should destroy desires,
To get rid of his sufferings,
To give up worldly life,
And work for divine life.
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37/02. வேண்டுங்கால் வேண்டும் பிறவாமை; மற்றது
வேண்டாமை வேண்ட வரும்.

37/02. Vendungkaal vendum pirravaamai; matrradhu
Vendaamai venda varum.

37/02. One who knows the sufferings of birth, he should ask for no rebirth
That will not give room for desires.
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Vijayan: One should pray for no rebirth
To avoid sufferings in the material life.

Devan: Birth is a vicious circle
In which unexpected people
Get tapped by their desires
That cause several rebirths.

Sky is the limit for desires,
After which a person runs,
With no extra time left
For his religious pursuit.

Glorious are those
Who destroys desires
And go to the Heaven
Without their return.
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37/03. வேண்டாமை அன்ன விழுச்செல்வம் ஈண்டில்லை;
யாண்டும் அஃதொப்ப தில்.

37/03. Vendaamai anna vizhchchelvam enndillai;
Yaanndum agdhoppa dil,

37/03. Is there any wealth in this world more than one desiring not for things?
Even in the unseen heaven, this kind of wealth may not be there.
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Vijayan: How much importance is given
For the destruction of desires?

Devan: It's next to impossible
To give up desires by people,
As they've to depend upon
Others for their lives to pull on.

Thus desires develop, one by one,
Compelled by each situation,
Thus allowing him not freedom
To destroy any one of them.

In the ocean of desires
Fully drowned he is,
And there is no safety belt
For him to come out.
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