Friday, November 18, 2022

93.2 Abstaining from Drinking Liquor

 93.2 Abstaining from  Drinking Liquor

Question:

            What is a good description of a drunkard’s action?

Answer:

It is utter foolishness to pay money for liquor and get

insensibility in return.                                 (Couplet- 925)

Those who sleep resemble the dead; so also, those who

drink liquor are like the ones who consume poison.            (Couplet – 926)

 

கையறி யாமை உடைத்தே பொருள்கொடுத்து

மெய்யறி யாமை கொளல்.                                  (குறள் – 925)

துஞ்சினார் செத்தாரின் வேறல்லர் எஞ்ஞான்றும்

நஞ்சுண்பார் கள்ளுண் பவர்.                               (குறள்926)

 

Explanation:

            Valluvar aptly describes the action of the drunkard as foolishness and inflicting fatal harm to himself.

           

 

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