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Kural No. 357 · Virtue (Aram) · Ch 36

Truth-Conciousness

மெய்யுணர்தல்
Original Kural · ஓலைச்சுவடி
ஓர்த்துள்ளம் உள்ளது உணரின் ஒருதலையாப்
பேர்த்துள்ள வேண்டா பிறப்பு.

Orththullam Ulladhu Unarin Orudhalaiyaap / Perththulla Ventaa Pirappu

Classical English couplet — “The mind that knows with certitude what is, and ponders well,Its thoughts on birth again to other life need not to dwell”

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Simple English Meaning

What it says in plain words

“Let it not be thought that there is another birth for him whose mind having thoroughly considered (all it has been taught) has known the True Being”

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எளிய தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Simple Tamil Interpretation

The classical Tamil reading

ஒருவனுடைய உள்ளம் உண்மைப் பொருளை ஆராய்ந்து உறுதியாக உணர்ந்தால், அவனுக்கு மீண்டும் பிறப்பு உள்ள தென எண்ண வேண்டா.

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ஆழமான தமிழ் விளக்கம் · Deeper Tamil Commentary

An expanded Tamil interpretation

உண்மையை ஆராய்ந்து உறுதியாக உணர்பவர்கள் மீண்டும் பிறப்பு உண்டு எனக் கருத மாட்டார்கள்

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