Chapter 35: Renunciation
Kural 341
Whatsoever a man has renounced,
from the sorrow born of that he has freed himself.
Kural 342
The greatest gladness in the world comes after renunciation.
Let men desiring that rapture renounce early in life.
Kural 343
The five senses must be subdued,
and every desire simultaneously surrendered.
Kural 344
The ascetic's austerity permits not a single possession,
for possessions draw him back into delusion.
Kural 345
What are life's petty attachments to the man who seeks severance
from future births, when even his body is a burden?
Kural 346
One who slays the conceit that clamors "I" and "mine"
will reach a realm above the celestials' world.
Kural 347
If one clings to his attachments, refusing to let go,
sorrows will not let go their grip on him.
Kural 348
Those who perfectly renounce attain the highest peak;
the rest remain ensnared in delusion's net.
Kural 349
Birth ceases when all attachments are severed;
until then, one only sees life's impermanence.
Kural 350
Attach yourself to Him who is free from all attachments.
Bind yourself to that bond so all other bonds may be broken.