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Chapter 93: கள்ளுண்ணாமை

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 93

Kural 925

கள்ளுண்ணாமை

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திருக்குறள்

கையறி யாமை உடைத்தே பொருள்கொடுத்து மெய்யறி யாமை கொளல்.

Kaiyari Yaamai Utaiththe Porulkotuththu Meyyari Yaamai Kolal

“To pay and drink and lose the sense Is nothing but rank ignorance”

With gift of goods who self-oblivion buys,Is ignorant of all that man should prize

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Kural #925

The Price of Losing Oneself

The story illustrates how giving resources to fuel intoxication leads to the loss of both wealth and wisdom. To give money and purchase unconsciousness is the result of one's ignorance of (one's own actions)

8–14 yr 2 min