ãìªæçª çìèíõÐ øó¨á¨ÈçªçõÐ ö¢ª¢èäª×몠 921
æìªæèêùª âæèúªâìèÇÆ ôèõÐ

ãìªæ窠 çìèíõÐ

will not be feared by enemies

øó¨

repute

¬ÈçªçõÐ

will lose

ö¢ª¢èäª×ëª

always

æóªæèêùª  âæèúªÌ

addicted to drink

øÇÆ ôèõÐ

living

Those who are addicted to drink will not be feared by
their enemies and will soon lose their repute (921).

ãúªú÷ªæ æóªéó ãú¨ùªãúªæ òèäªî÷èõèùª  922
öúªúçª çìîôúªìè êèõÐ

ãúªú÷ªæ

should not consume

æóªéó

drink

ãú¨ùª

if one wants to consume

ãúªæ	may consume

òèäªî÷èõèùª

by the wise

öúªú窠 çì

be held in high esteem

îôúªìè  êèõÐ

not desiring to

None will take to drink except those who do not value
the esteem of high people (922).

¼äª÷èóª ËæêÐîê±ëª ¬äªäèêèùª öäªë÷ª×òР  923
òèäªî÷èõÐ ËæêÐÊæÐ æó¨

¼äª÷èóª

one's mother

ËæêÐîê±ëª

in the presence of

¬äªäèÊ

suffering

Íùª

will give

öäª

what

ë÷ª×	would he care

òèäªî÷èõÐ

respected elders

ËæêÐÊ

in front of

æó¨	make merry

If a person drinks in his mother's presence, what would he care to merrily drink before respected elders ? (923)

åèúªöäªÄëª åùªùèóª µ÷§ªâæèÌæÐÆëª æóªâóäªÄ몠 924
îçúèçª âçÕ§ªÆ÷ª÷êÐ êèõÐæÐÆ

åèúªöäªÄëª

known as modesty

åùªùèóª

the good dame

µ÷ëª âæèÌæÐÆëª

turn her back

æóª öäªÄëª

known as drink

îçúè	contemptuous

âçÕëª

great

Æ÷ª÷êР êèõÐæÐÆ

committing the sin of

The goddess of modesty will turn her back on one
given to drink (924).

éæá÷¨ áèéë ±éìêÐîê âçèÕóª âæèÌêÐÊ   925
âëáªá÷¨ áèéë âæèóùª

éæí÷¨  áèéë

the deluded state which does not know

ãéìêÐÊ

being in

Ö

O!

âçèÕóª  âæèÌêÐÊ

spending money

âëáªí÷¨  áèéë

forgetting one's body

âæèóùª

consuming (liquor)

It is foolish to pay money to enter a drunken state (925).

Ê¢ªò¨äèõÐ âòêÐêèõ¨äª îô÷ùªùõÐ ö¢ª¢èäª×몠  926
墪àúªçèõÐ æóªÓúª çôõÐ

Ê¢ªò¨äèõÐ

one who is asleep

âòêÐêèõ¨äª

from the one who is dead

îô× íùªùõÐ

does not (appear) different

ö¢ª¢èäª×ëª

always

墪à ãúªçèõÐ

(is like) one who consumes poison

æóª ãúªçôõÐ

one who is drunk

One cannot apparently see a difference between a dead man and one who is asleep, just like one who is drunk and one who has consumed poison (926).

ãóªâóè÷ª÷¨ ãóªñõÐ åæçªçÌôõÐ ö¢ª¢èäª×몠 927
æóªâóè÷ª÷¨æÐ æúªòè᪠çôõÐ

ãóªø÷ª÷¨

who realise his true nature

ãóªñõÐ

being in the midst of local people

åæçªçÌôõÐ

will be the butt of ridicule

ö¢ª¢èäª×ëª

always

æóªø÷ª÷¨

consuming liquor secretly

æúªòè᪠ çôõÐ

one who loses his balance

Those who often become drunk in private will soon become a laughing stock in public (927).

æó¨êÐê÷¨îáäª öäªçÊ éæô¨Ìæ â墪òêÐÊ   928
øó¨êÐê­ãëª Í§ªîæ ë¨Æëª

æó¨êÐÊ  í÷¨îáäª

I have not drunk

öäªçÊ

such a statement

éæô¨Ìæ

one should avoid

â墪òêÐÊ

in the mind

øó¨êÐê­ãëª

the concealed sins

ͧªîæ

when one is drunk

ë¨Æëª

will be revealed

One who drinks in secret but denies it in public will
be adding lying as one more vice (928).

æó¨êÐêèéäæÐ æèõúëª æèìªÌêùª æ©Èªå©õÐæР  929
Æó¨êÐêèéäêÐ ê©êÐÊõ©¬ á÷ª×

æó¨êÐêèéä

one intoxicated with drink

æèõúëª

show reason

æèìªÌêùª

and trying to mend

æ©Èªå©õÐ

in deep waters

Æó¨êÐêèéä

one who is drowned

ê©	with a lamp

Êõ©¬

search

í÷ª×

is like

To show reason to one addicted to drink is like using a torch to locate one drowned in deep waters (929).

æóªÓúªúèçª îçèȪê¨ùª æó¨êÐêèéäæÐ æèѧªæèùª  930
ãóªóèäªâæèùª ãúªìêäª îòèõв

æóªãúè

when not drinking

îçèȪê¨ùª

at that time

æó¨êÐêèéä

one in a drunken state

æèÑëªæèùª

when one sees

ãóªóèäªâæèùª

will he not consider

ãúªì	in the intoxicated state

êäª

one's

îòèõв

own condition

No person given to drink seems to be moved, when he is sober,by seeing the sorry predicament of another in a drunken state (930).