Thirukkural 922 in English
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Tamil original
உண்ணற்க கள்ளை உணில்உண்க சான்றோரான்
எண்ணப் படவேண்டா தார்.
Transliteration
Unnarka Kallai Unilunka Saandroraan
Ennap Pataventaa Thaar
Modern English
“Anyone who wants the respect of wise and honorable people should stay away from alcohol.”
Modern Interpretation
Anyone who wants the respect of wise and honorable people should stay away from alcohol. For example, a student who wants teachers and future employers to trust them protects that reputation by refusing a drink that could impair judgment.
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Modern Plain English
Anyone who wants the respect of wise and honorable people should stay away from alcohol.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Drink not liquor; but let them drink Whom with esteem the wise won't think
G.U. Pope Translation
Drink not inebriating draught Let him count well the costWho drinks, by drinking, all good men's esteem is lost
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
Let no liquor be drunk; if it is desired, let it be drunk by those who care not for esteem of the great
Tamil commentary
போதைப் பொருளைப் பயன்படுத்தவேண்டா; பயன்படுத்த எண்ணினால் சான்றோரால் மதிக்கப்பட வேண்டா என்பவர் பயன்படுத்துக.
Chapter 93
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Foes fear not who for toddy craze The addicts daily their glory lose
Kural 922Drink not liquor; but let them drink Whom with esteem the wise won't think
Kural 923The drunkard's joy pains ev'n mother's face How vile must it look for the wise?
Kural 924Good shame turns back from him ashamed Who is guilty of wine condemned
Kural 925To pay and drink and lose the sense Is nothing but rank ignorance
Kural 926They take poison who take toddy And doze ev'n like a dead body
Kural 927The secret drunkards' senses off Make the prying public laugh
Kural 928Don't say I'm not a drunkard hard The hidden fraud is known abroad
Kural 929Can torch search one in water sunk? Can reason reach the raving drunk?
Kural 930The sober seeing the drunkard's plight On selves can't they feel same effect?