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Thirukkural 939

Kural 939

உடைசெல்வம் ஊண்ஒளி கல்விஎன்று ஐந்தும்
அடையாவாம் ஆயங் கொளின்.

Utaiselvam Oonoli Kalviendru Aindhum
Ataiyaavaam Aayang Kolin

Clothes, wealth, food, praise, and learning, all departFrom him on gambler's gain who sets his heart

Meaning

The habit of gambling prevents the attainment of these five: clothing, wealth, food, fame and learning.

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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