Tirukkural Chapter 94 - Couplets 4,5,6 Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL
அதிகாரம் 94 - சூது.
CHAPTER 94 - GAMBLING.
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94/04. சிறுமை பலசெய்து சீரழிக்கும் சூதின்
வறுமை தருவதொன்று இல்.

94/04. Sirrumai palaseidhu seerazhikkum soodhin
Varrmai tharuvadhondrru il.

94/04. Gambling will involve one in many crimes and will spoil one's life. Gambling nothing else, will reduce him to poverty level.
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Dinesh: When all the monies are lost,
one will resort to crimes to get money and then gamble.

Nakul: True, that gambling disease,
Can't be cured by doctors,
And one will go to any extent
For money to get or even loot.

A rich man once he was,
Now a poor man he is,
Poverty stricken street wanderer,
Looking for some helper.

Who'll help that man,
Who's reckless in his life,
Not caring for his wife,
And his young children?
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94/05. கவறும் கழகமும் கையும் தருக்கி
இவறியார் இல்லாகி யார்.

94/05. Kavarrum kazhagamum kaiyum tharukki
Ivarriyaar illaagi yaar.

94/05. The company of gamblers and the habit of gambling
Will reduce one to utter poverty.
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Dinesh: A company of drunkards and gamblers
Will make one suffer in his life with poverty.

Nakul: As you say, drunkards,
As well as gamblers,
Are enough to reduce one,
To the level of a poor man.

They haunt him like ghost,
That sucks all his monies,
And throw him in streets,
With his two empty hands.

Many stories we've heard
Mahabharata is one, in that
Pandavas went to the forest,
After everything they had lost.
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94/06. அகடாரார் அல்லல் உழப்பர்சூது என்னும்
முகடியான் மூடப்பட் டார்.

94/06. Akadaaraar allal uzhapparsoodhu ennum
Mukadiyaan moodapat taar.

94/06. Those who are trapped by gambling, Mudhevi, (Goddess of poverty) rules them. They won't eat stomach full; always they remain worried due to their hardship.
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Dinesh: Gamblers mind is always preoccupied with some worries
Due to many problems they face in their lives.

Nakul: It may be horse race
Or a game of dice
Or a game of cards
They stay in that world always.

They plan for the next game
And ask people loans without shame,
But they can never repay the same,
As they're lost that in the game.

Gamble makes one mad
He knows it is bad,
But he became a victim
For this ever losing game.
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