குறள் 340

புக்கில் அமைந்தின்று கொல்லோ உடம்பினுள்
துச்சில் இருந்த உயிர்க்கு.

Stanza 340

Can life never have a house of its own
Cribbed ever in its cabbin?

Meaning:

It seems as if the soul, which takes shelter in a body, had not attained a home.