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Thirukkural 931

Kural 931

வேண்டற்க வென்றிடினும் சூதினை வென்றதூஉம்
தூண்டிற்பொன் மீன்விழுங்கி அற்று.

Ventarka Vendritinum Soodhinai Vendradhooum
Thoontirpon Meenvizhungi Atru

Seek not the gamester's play; though you should win, Your gain is as the baited hook the fish takes in

Meaning

Though able to win, let not one desire gambling; (for) even what is won is like a fish swallowing the iron in fish-hook.

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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