The term 'Renunciation' has always had a religious connotation. It was traditionally taken as an act incompatible with the worldly life. The term was taken for granted to mean opting out of one's family bindings and taking refuge in the uninhabited forests in pursuit of the supreme 'bliss'! But Valluvar's exposition of renunciation is totally different. He advocates the practice of renunciation as a way of life well within one's family ambience. His views must have been revolutionary and reformative in his own days. They hold greater relevance today in the context of the disturbing pervasion of materialism. Go ahead with this lesson for an understanding of Valluvar's concept of an 'earthly sainthood'!