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Thirukkural 930

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

Kural 930

கள்ளுண்ணாப் போழ்திற் களித்தானைக் காணுங்கால்
உள்ளான்கொல் உண்டதன் சோர்வு.

Kallunnaap Pozhdhir Kaliththaanaik Kaanungaal
Ullaankol Untadhan Sorvu

When one, in sober interval, a drunken man espies, Does he not think, 'Such is my folly in my revelries'

Meaning

When (a drunkard) who is sober sees one who is not, it looks as if he remembered not the evil effects of his (own) drink.

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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