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Chapter 93: கள்ளுண்ணாமை

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 93

Kural 930

கள்ளுண்ணாமை

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திருக்குறள்

கள்ளுண்ணாப் போழ்திற் களித்தானைக் காணுங்கால் உள்ளான்கொல் உண்டதன் சோர்வு.

Kallunnaap Pozhdhir Kaliththaanaik Kaanungaal Ullaankol Untadhan Sorvu

“The sober seeing the drunkard's plight On selves can't they feel same effect?”

When one, in sober interval, a drunken man espies,Does he not think, 'Such is my folly in my revelries'

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Kural #930

Kannan's Lesson

The story illustrates how a sober person observes the folly of a drunkard who has forgotten the negative effects of his habit. When (a drunkard) who is sober sees one who is not, it looks as if he remembered not the evil effects of his (own) drink

8–14 yr 1 min