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Thirukkural 923

Chapter 93: கள்ளுண்ணாமை (Not Drinking Palm-Wine) · Wealth

Kural 923

ஈன்றாள் முகத்தேயும் இன்னாதால் என்மற்றுச்
சான்றோர் முகத்துக் களி.

Eendraal Mukaththeyum Innaadhaal Enmatruch
Chaandror Mukaththuk Kali

The drunkard's joy is sorrow to his mother's eyes; What must it be in presence of the truly wise

Meaning

Intoxication is painful even in the presence of (one's) mother; what will it not then be in that of the wise ?

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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