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

English Translation

“Drink not liquor; but let them drink Whom with esteem the wise won't think”

Plain-English meaning

Let no liquor be drunk; if it is desired, let it be drunk by those who care not for esteem of the great

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

Let no liquor be drunk; if it is desired, let it be drunk by those who care not for esteem of the great

போதைப் பொருளைப் பயன்படுத்தவேண்டா; பயன்படுத்த எண்ணினால் சான்றோரால் மதிக்கப்பட வேண்டா என்பவர் பயன்படுத்துக.

Chapter 93

கள்ளுண்ணாமை

Foes fear not who for toddy craze The addicts daily their glory lose

Drink not liquor; but let them drink Whom with esteem the wise won't think

The drunkard's joy pains ev'n mother's face How vile must it look for the wise?

Good shame turns back from him ashamed Who is guilty of wine condemned

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

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

The secret drunkards' senses off Make the prying public laugh

Don't say I'm not a drunkard hard The hidden fraud is known abroad

Can torch search one in water sunk? Can reason reach the raving drunk?

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