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Thirukkural 929

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

Kural 929

களித்தானைக் காரணம் காட்டுதல் கீழ்நீர்க்
குளித்தானைத் தீத்துரீஇ அற்று.

Kaliththaanaik Kaaranam Kaattudhal Keezhneerk
Kuliththaanaith Theeththureei Atru

Like him who, lamp in hand, would seek one sunk beneath the waveIs he who strives to sober drunken man with reasonings grave

Meaning

Reasoning with a drunkard is like going under water with a torch in search of a drowned man.

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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