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Thirukkural 928

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

Kural 928

களித்தறியேன் என்பது கைவிடுக நெஞ்சத்து
ஒளித்ததூஉம் ஆங்கே மிகும்.

Kaliththariyen Enpadhu Kaivituka Nenjaththu
Oliththadhooum Aange Mikum

No more in secret drink, and then deny thy hidden fraud; What in thy mind lies hid shall soon be known abroad

Meaning

Let (the drunkard) give up saying "I have never drunk"; (for) the moment (he drinks) he will simply betray his former attempt to conceal.

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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