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Chapter 94: சூது

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 94

Kural 936

சூது

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திருக்குறள்

அகடாரார் அல்லல் உழப்பர்சூ தென்னும் முகடியான் மூடப்பட் டார்.

Akataaraar Allal Uzhapparsoo Thennum Mukatiyaan Mootappat Taar

“Men swallowed by the ogress, dice Suffer grief and want by that vice”

Gambling's Misfortune's other name: o'er whom she casts her veil,They suffer grievous want, and sorrows sore bewail

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Kural #936

The Endless Trap

The story illustrates how gambling creates an insatiable desire that leads to total ruin, mirroring the Kural's warning. Those who are swallowed by the goddess called "gambling" will never have their hunger satisfied, but suffer the pangs of hell in the next world

8–14 yr 2 min