Impermanence
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pukki lamaintiṉṟu kollō vuṭampiṉuṭ / ṭucci lirunta vuyirkku
“The soul in fragile shed as lodger courts repose:- / Is it because no home's conclusive rest it knows?”
“Hath the soul no home of its own, that it taketh shelter in this worthless body?”
Has no lasting home yet been found for the life that has stayed as a lodger within the body?
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
உடம்பினுள் துச்சில் இருந்த உயிர்க்கு= வாதமுதலியவற்றின் இல்லாய உடம்புகளுள் ஒதுக்கிருந்தே போந்த உயிர்க்கு; புக்கில் அமைந்தின்று கொல்லோ= எஞ்ஞான்றும் இருப்பதோர் இல் இதுகாறும் அமைந்தில்லைபோலும்!
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Has the wandering soul, which has temporarily sheltered as a passing lodger in fragile bodily dwellings, still not found an eternal, enduring abode?