Renunciation
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yāṉeṉa teṉṉuñ cerukkaṟuppāṉ vāṉōrk / kuyarnta vulakam pukum
One who cuts off the pride that says ‘I’ and ‘mine’ will enter a realm higher even than that of the heavenly beings.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“Who kills conceit that utters 'I' and 'mine', / Shall enter realms above the powers divine.”
“The feelings of I and Mine are nought but vanity and pride: he who crusheth them entereth a higher world than the world of the Gods.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
யான் எனது என்னும் செருக்கு அறுப்பான்= தான் அல்லாத உடம்பை யான் என்றும், தன்னோடு இயைபில்லாத பொருளை எனது என்றும் கருதி அவற்றின்கண் பற்றுச் செய்தற்கு ஏதுவாகிய மயக்கத்தைக் கெடுப்பான்; வானோர்க்கு உயர்ந்த உலகம் புகும்= வானோர்க்கும் எய்தற்கு அரிய வீட்டுலகத்தை எய்தும்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Parimelazhagar describes the delusion that identifies the non-self body as ‘I’ and unrelated objects as ‘mine,’ generating attachment. The person who destroys that conceit reaches liberation, a realm difficult even for divine beings to attain. This is metaphysical ego-critique, not erasure of legal identity or personal boundaries.