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Thirukkural 937

Kural 937

பழகிய செல்வமும் பண்பும் கெடுக்கும்
கழகத்துக் காலை புகின்.

Pazhakiya Selvamum Panpum Ketukkum
Kazhakaththuk Kaalai Pukin

Ancestral wealth and noble fame to ruin haste, If men in gambler's halls their precious moments waste

Meaning

To waste time at the place of gambling will destroy inherited wealth and goodness of character.

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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