Realising the Truth
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cārpuṇarntu cārpukeṭa voḻukiṉ maṟṟaḻittuc / cārtarā cārtaru nōy
“The true 'support' who knows- rejects 'supports' he sought before- / Sorrow that clings all destroys, shall cling to him no more.”
“Behold the man who understandeth the means of his salvation and laboureth to conquer all attachments: the ills that he is yet to suffer depart from him.”
If one realizes the true support and lives so that attachments cease, the sufferings that would cling can no longer destroy that realization and conduct or cling afterward.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
சார்பு உணர்ந்து சார்புகெட ஒழுகின்= ஒருவன் எல்லாப்பொருட்கும் சார்பாய அச்செம்பொருளை உணர்ந்து இருவகைப் பற்றும் அற ஒழுகவல்லனாயின்; சார்தரும் நோய் அழித்து மற்றுச் சார்தரா= அவனை முன் சாரக்கடவனவாய் நின்ற துன்பங்கள் அவ்வுணர்வொழுக்கங்களை அழித்துப் பின்சாரமாட்டா.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
If one realizes the Supreme Support and lives so that all earthly attachments fall away, the karmic miseries destined to attach to them can no longer take hold.