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Chapter 93: கள்ளுண்ணாமை

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 93

Kural 926

கள்ளுண்ணாமை

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திருக்குறள்

துஞ்சினார் செத்தாரின் வேறல்லர் எஞ்ஞான்றும் நஞ்சுண்பார் கள்ளுண் பவர்.

Thunjinaar Seththaarin Verallar Egngnaandrum Nanjunpaar Kallun Pavar

“They take poison who take toddy And doze ev'n like a dead body”

Sleepers are as the dead, no otherwise they seem;Who drink intoxicating draughts, they poison quaff, we deem

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Kural #926

The Wakeful Choice

The story illustrates that alcohol consumption is comparable to eating poison, as stated in the Kural. They that sleep resemble the deed; (likewise) they that drink are no other than poison-eaters

8–14 yr 1 min