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Thirukkural 927

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

Kural 927

உள்ளொற்றி உள்ளூர் நகப்படுவர் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
கள்ளொற்றிக் கண்சாய் பவர்

Ullotri Ulloor Nakappatuvar Egngnaandrum
Kallotrik Kansaai Pavar

Who turn aside to drink, and droop their heavy eye, Shall be their townsmen's jest, when they the fault espy

Meaning

Those who always intoxicate themselves by a private (indulgence in) drink; will have their secrets detected and laughed at by their fellow-townsmen.

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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