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Thirukkural 924

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

Kural 924

நாண்என்னும் நல்லாள் புறங்கொடுக்கும் கள்ளென்னும்
பேணாப் பெருங்குற்றத் தார்க்கு.

Naanennum Nallaal Purangotukkum Kallennum
Penaap Perungutrath Thaarkku

Shame, goodly maid, will turn her back for aye on themWho sin the drunkard's grievous sin, that all condemn

Meaning

The fair maid of modesty will turn her back on those who are guilty of the great and abominable crime of drunkenness.

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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