Thirukkural · பொருட்பால் · கள்ளுண்ணாமை

Thirukkural 926

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

Kural 926

துஞ்சினார் செத்தாரின் வேறல்லர் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
நஞ்சுண்பார் கள்ளுண் பவர்.

Thunjinaar Seththaarin Verallar Egngnaandrum
Nanjunpaar Kallun Pavar

Sleepers are as the dead, no otherwise they seem; Who drink intoxicating draughts, they poison quaff, we deem

Meaning

They that sleep resemble the deed; (likewise) they that drink are no other than poison-eaters.

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).

Other kurals in கள்ளுண்ணாமை

How Thirukkural is asked in TNPSC exams

Find your weak TNPSC units before the exam does

Take a free TNPSC assessment on PrepMatic. It shows where you stand across General Tamil, General Studies and Aptitude, then builds a day-by-day study plan and mock tests focused on your weak subjects.

Start free assessment →Free forever plan · No credit card · 2-minute setup