The Kural or the Maxims of Tiruvalluvar/Chapter 35
CHAPTER 35
RENUNCIATION
341. Whatsoever thing a man hath renounced, from the grief arising from that thing hath he liberated himself.
342. If thou want joy, renounce early : for many are the delights that thou shalt enjoy after renouncing.
343. Crush thou the five senses : and everything in which thou takest delight, give up utterly.
344. To possess nothing, that is the law of the man of vows : the possession of even one thing is a coming back to the snares that he hath left.
345. To those that desire to put an end to their reincarnations, even the body is a superfluity : how much more then are other bonds?
346. The feelings of I and Mine are nought but vanity and pride : he who crusheth them entereth a higher world than the world of the Gods.
347. Behold the man who holdeth on to attachments and giveth not them up : Grief shall take hold of him and shall not give him up.
348. They that have renounced utterly are on the path to salvation : but the others are caught in a snare.
349. The moment that attachments are broken, that very moment reincarnations cease : the man who breaketh them not continueth in vanity.
350. Take thou refuge in Him who hath conquered all attachments: and hold fast to that ark in order that all thy bonds may be broken.
