Renunciation
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yātaṉiṉ yātaṉi ṉīṅkiyā ṉōta / lataṉi ṉataṉi ṉilaṉ
From each thing a person has left behind, that person is free from the suffering arising from that very thing.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“From whatever, aye, whatever, man gets free, / From what, aye, from that, no more of pain hath he!”
“Whatsoever thing a man hath renounced, from the grief arising from that thing hath he liberated himself.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
யாதனின் யாதனின் நீங்கியான்= ஒருவன் யாதொருபொருளின் யாதொருபொருளின் நீங்கினான்; அதனின் அதனின் நோதல் இலன்= அவன் அப்பொருளால் அப்பொருளால் துன்பம் எய்துதல் இலன்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Parimelazhagar repeats the construction to make the scope exact: whatever object one relinquishes, one no longer undergoes suffering caused by that particular object. The verse does not claim that every suffering disappears.