Tirukkural Chapter 93 - Couplets 7,8,9,10 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 93 - கள்ளுண்ணாமை
CHAPTER 93 - AVOID DRINKS,
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93/07. உள்ஒற்றி உள்ளூர்நகப்படுவர் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
கள்ஒற்றிக் கண்சாய் பவர்.

93/07. Ullotrri ulloornagappaduvar egngnaaqndrum
Kallotrrik kannsaai bhavar.

93/07. Drunkards drink secretly at home
till their eyes rotates round
and they get shame in streets.
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Adharsh: Drunkards have no shame
when they lie down in streets fully drunk.

Hitendra: Many cases we see in streets
Drunkards lying in platforms
With their blown up red faces
And with intolerable stench smells.

At that stage they're not aware
In which world they are,
While people walking across,
Mock at them, seeing their red faces.

They secretly drink at homes,
But outside they lie on platforms,
As their families drive them out,
For fear of children may follow this habit.
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93/08. களித்தறியேன் என்பது கைவிடுக; நெஞ்சத்து
ஓளித்ததூஉம் ஆங்கே மிகும்.

93/08. Kalliththarriyean enbhadhu kaividugha; nenjaththu
Ollththathoom aange mighum

93/08. One must leave the drink, that made him say,
"I said it without my knowledge, when I was fully drunk."
In that case, all the secrets kept in his mind
will come out, when he is fully drunk.
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Adharsh: A drunkard cannot keep secrets
When he is in fully drunken state.

Hitendra: When his fully drunk
Under the influence of drink
He spells out what's in his mind
That one can easily find.

In fact, criminals, like that,
Are given some intoxicants
To spell out their secrets
From their hidden minds.

A fully drunkard will say,
At night one thing;
At daybreak, he'll say,
Just opposite, another thing.
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93/09. களித்தானைக் காரணம் காட்டுதல் கீழ்நீர்க்
குளித்தானைத் தீத்துரீஇ யற்று.

93/09. Kalliththaanaik kaarannam kaattudhal keezhneerk
Kulliththanaith theeththuree yatrru.

93/09. When one is fully drunk, to reform him with right words,
Is like searching one under deep water with a burning torch.
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Adharsh: When one is fully drunk
there is no use advising him
as he is not in normal moods.

Hitendra: Yes, what you say is correct.
He's not in a listening state,
As he's in some other world
With a very confused mind.

He'll say, "Yes, yes"
When he's fully drunk,
He'll say "No, No"
When he's normal.

His mind doesn't think
Under the influence of drink,
So, there is no use at that time
In trying to reform him.
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93/10. கள்ளுண்ணாப் போழ்தில் களித்தானைக் காணுங்கால்
உள்ளான்கொல் உண்டதன் சோர்வு?

93/10. Kallunnaap pozhdhil kalliththaanaik kaannungkaal
Ullaankol unndadhan sorvu?

93/10. A habitual drunkard, when he has not drunk and sees another drunkard tottering in the street, will he not think about him on the same condition then?
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Adharsh: A drunkard has no regrets in his life.
He takes things easy even
After seeing another drunkard.
Dancing in the streets.

Hitendra: A drunkard is happy to meet
Another drunkard on the street
And compare his movement
With that drunkard in the street.

When he's happy in another world,
He doesn't think about this world,
But feels, he is flying on the sky,
And says it openly, without any shy.

Even when he wants to discontinue,
Withdrawal symptoms continue,
He must be under medication,
Under centers for rehabilitation.
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