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Thirukkural 947

Kural 947

தீயள வன்றித் தெரியான் பெரிதுண்ணின்
நோயள வின்றிப் படும்.

Theeyala Vandrith Theriyaan Peridhunnin
Noyala Vindrip Patum

Who largely feeds, nor measure of the fire within maintains, That thoughtless man shall feel unmeasured pains

Meaning

He will be afflicted with numberless diseases, who eats immoderately, ignorant (of the rules of health).

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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