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சூது
Kurals 931–940 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Wealth (பொருட்பால்).
வேண்டற்க வென்றிடினும் சூதினை வென்றதூஉம்
தூண்டிற்பொன் மீன்விழுங்கி அற்று.
Seek not the gamester's play; though you should win,
Your gain is as the baited hook the fish takes in.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Even if you can win, don't gamble; winning is like a fish swallowing the hook.
Open in the appஒன்றெய்தி நூறிழக்கும் சூதர்க்கும் உண்டாங்கொல்
நன்றெய்தி வாழ்வதோர் ஆறு.
Is there for gamblers, too, that gaining one a hundred lose, some way
That they may good obtain, and see a prosperous day?
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: What kind of living is gambling, where you win one and lose a hundred?
Open in the appஉருளாயம் ஓவாது கூறின் பொருளாயம்
போஒய்ப் புறமே படும்.
If prince unceasing speak of nought but play,
Treasure and revenue will pass from him away.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: A leader hooked on gambling in the hope of winning will watch their wealth slip into other people's hands.
Open in the appசிறுமை பலசெய்து சீரழிக்கும் சூதின்
வறுமை தருவதொன்று இல்.
Gaming brings many woes, and ruins fair renown;
Nothing to want brings men so surely down.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Nothing makes you poor like gambling: it brings misery and wrecks your reputation.
Open in the appகவறும் கழகமும் கையும் தருக்கி
இவறியார் இல்லாகி யார்.
The dice, and gaming-hall, and gamester's art, they eager sought,
Thirsting for gain- the men in other days who came to nought.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: People who can't let go of gambling, its haunts and its thrills end up with nothing.
Open in the appஅகடாரார் அல்லல் உழப்பர்சூ தென்னும்
முகடியான் மூடப்பட் டார்.
Gambling's Misfortune's other name: o'er whom she casts her veil,
They suffer grievous want, and sorrows sore bewail.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: People swallowed up by gambling are never satisfied, and suffer for it.
Open in the appபழகிய செல்வமும் பண்பும் கெடுக்கும்
கழகத்துக் காலை புகின்.
Ancestral wealth and noble fame to ruin haste,
If men in gambler's halls their precious moments waste.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Hanging around where people gamble wastes both the wealth you inherited and your good character.
Open in the appபொருள்கெடுத்துப் பொய்மேற் கொளீஇ அருள்கெடுத்து
அல்லல் உழப்பிக்கும் சூது.
Gambling wastes wealth, to falsehood bends the soul: it drives away
All grace, and leaves the man to utter misery a prey.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Gambling eats your money, teaches you to lie, kills your kindness and brings misery.
Open in the appஉடைசெல்வம் ஊண்ஒளி கல்விஎன்று ஐந்தும்
அடையாவாம் ஆயங் கொளின்.
Clothes, wealth, food, praise, and learning, all depart
From him on gambler's gain who sets his heart.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: A gambling habit robs you of five things: clothes, money, food, reputation and learning.
Open in the appஇழத்தொறூஉம் காதலிக்கும் சூதேபோல் துன்பம்
உழத்தொறூஉம் காதற்று உயிர்.
Howe'er he lose, the gambler's heart is ever in the play;
E'en so the soul, despite its griefs, would live on earth alway.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: The more a gambler loses, the more they love gambling; the more life hurts, the more we cling to it.
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