Thurandhaar perumai thunaikkoorin vaaiyathu Irandhaarai ennikkon datru.

To try to measure the greatness of those who have renounced (the world) is like counting all those who have ever died in the world.

துறந்தவர்களின் பெருமையை அளவிட முயல்வது, இந்த உலகில் இறந்து போனவர்களை எண்ண முயல்வது போன்றது — இயலாத செயல்.

The greatness of true renunciants is infinite and uncountable — like the number of all people who have ever died in the history of the world. No human measure can contain it. Valluvar uses this stunning comparison to convey that renunciation transcends all ordinary scales of evaluation.