Thirukkural 925 in English
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Tamil original
கையறி யாமை உடைத்தே பொருள்கொடுத்து
மெய்யறி யாமை கொளல்.
Transliteration
Kaiyari Yaamai Utaiththe Porulkotuththu
Meyyari Yaamai Kolal
Modern English
“Paying to lose awareness of yourself is a foolish bargain.”
Modern Interpretation
Paying to lose awareness of yourself is a foolish bargain. For example, buying alcohol to escape stress can leave a person unable to control their words, choices, or safety.
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Modern Plain English
Paying to lose awareness of yourself is a foolish bargain.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
To pay and drink and lose the sense Is nothing but rank ignorance
G.U. Pope Translation
With gift of goods who self-oblivion buys,Is ignorant of all that man should prize
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
To give money and purchase unconsciousness is the result of one's ignorance of (one's own actions)
Tamil commentary
விலை கொடுத்தத் தன்னை அறியாத உடல் மயக்கத்தை வாங்குவது செயல் செய்யும் அறிவில்லாமை.
Chapter 93
More from Not Drinking Palm-Wine
கள்ளுண்ணாமை
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?