Virtue (அறத்துப்பால்) — Ascetic Virtue (துறவறவியல்) — Renunciation (துறவு)

Kural 341:
யாதனின் யாதனின் நீங்கியான் நோதல்
அதனின் அதனின் இலன்.
yaadhanin yaadhanin neengiyaan noadhal
adhanin adhanin ilan
English couplet:
From whatever, aye, whatever, man gets free,
From what, aye, from that, no more of pain hath he!.
Explanation: Whatever thing, a man has renounced, by that thing; he cannot suffer pain.

Kural 342:
வேண்டின்உண் டாகத் துறக்க துறந்தபின்
ஈண்டுஇயற் பால பல.
vaeNtin-un daakath thuRakka thuRandhapin
eeNtuiyaR paala pala
English couplet:
'Renunciation' made- ev'n here true pleasures men acquire;
'Renounce' while time is yet, if to those pleasures you aspire.
Explanation: After a man has renounced (all things), there will still be many things in this world (which he may enjoy); if he should desire them, let him, while it is time abandon. (the world).

Kural 343:
அடல்வேண்டும் ஐந்தன் புலத்தை விடல்வேண்டும்
வேண்டிய வெல்லாம் ஒருங்கு.
atalvaendum aindhan pulaththai vitalvaeNdum
vaeNtiya vellaam orungu
English couplet:
'Perceptions of the five' must all expire;-
Relinquished in its order each desire.
Explanation: Let the five senses be destroyed; and at the same time, let everything be abandoned that (the ascetic) has (formerly) desired.

Kural 344:
இயல்பாகும் நோன்பிற்கொன்று இன்மை உடைமை
மயலாகும் மற்றும் பெயர்த்து.
iyalpaakum noanpiRkondru inmai udaimai
mayalaakum matrum peyarththu
English couplet:
'Privation absolute' is penance true;
'Possession' brings bewilderment anew.
Explanation: To be altogether destitute is the proper condition of those who perform austerities; if they possess anything, it will change (their resolution) and bring them back to their confused state.

Kural 345:
மற்றும் தொடர்ப்பாடு எவன்கொல் பிறப்பறுக்கல்
உற்றார்க்கு உடம்பும் மிகை.
matrum thodarppaatu evan-kol piRappaRukkal
utraarkku udampum mikai
English couplet:
To those who sev'rance seek from being's varied strife,
Flesh is burthen sore; what then other bonds of life?.
Explanation: What means the addition of other things those who are attempting to cut off (future) births, when even their body is too much (for them).

Kural 346:
யானென தென்னுஞ் செருக்கறுப்பான் வானோர்க்
குயர்ந்த உலகம் புகும்
yaanena thennuGn serukkaRuppaan vaanoark
kuyarndha ulagam pukum
English couplet:
Who kills conceit that utters 'I' and 'mine',
Shall enter realms above the powers divine.
Explanation: He who destroys the pride which says "I", "mine" will enter a world which is difficult even to the Gods to attain.

Kural 347:
பற்றி விடாஅ இடும்பைகள் பற்றினைப்
பற்றி விடாஅ தவர்க்கு.
patri vitaaa idumpaikaL patrinaip
patri vitaaa thavarkku
English couplet:
Who cling to things that cling and eager clasp,
Griefs cling to them with unrelaxing grasp.
Explanation: Sorrows will never let go their hold of those who give not up their hold of desire.

Kural 348:
தலைப்பட்டார் தீரத் துறந்தார் மயங்கி
வலைப்பட்டார் மற்றை யவர்.
thalaippattaar theerath thuRandhaar mayangi
valaippattaar matrai yavar
English couplet:
Who thoroughly 'renounce' on highest height are set;
The rest bewildered, lie entangled in the net.
Explanation: Those who have entirely renounced (all things and all desire) have obtained (absorption into God); all others wander in confusion, entangled in the net of (many) births.

Kural 349:
பற்றற்ற கண்ணே பிறப்பறுக்கும் மற்று
நிலையாமை காணப் படும்.
patratra kaNNae piRappaRukkum matru
nilaiyaamai kaaNap padum
English couplet:
When that which clings falls off, severed is being's tie;
All else will then be seen as instability.
Explanation: At the moment in which desire has been abandoned, (other) births will be cut off; when that has not been done, instability will be seen.

Kural 350:
பற்றுக பற்றற்றான் பற்றினை அப்பற்றைப்
பற்றுக பற்று விடற்கு.
patruka patratraan patrinai appatraip
patruka patru vidaRku
English couplet:
Cling thou to that which He, to Whom nought clings, hath bid thee cling,
Cling to that bond, to get thee free from every clinging thing.
Explanation: Desire the desire of Him who is without desire; in order to renounce desire, desire that desire.