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Thirukkural 934

Kural 934

சிறுமை பலசெய்து சீரழக்கும் சூதின்
வறுமை தருவதொன்று இல்.

Sirumai Palaseydhu Seerazhikkum Soodhin
Varumai Tharuvadhondru Il

Gaming brings many woes, and ruins fair renown; Nothing to want brings men so surely down

Meaning

There is nothing else that brings (us) poverty like gambling which causes many a misery and destroys (one's) reputation.

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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