Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Friendship (நட்பியல்) — Gambling (சூது)

Kural 931:
வேண்டற்க வென்றிடினும் சூதினை வென்றதூஉம்
தூண்டிற்பொன் மீன்விழுங்கி அற்று.
vaeNtaRka vendritinum soodhinai vendradhooum
thooNtiRpon meenvizhungi atru
English couplet:
Seek not the gamester's play; though you should win,
Your gain is as the baited hook the fish takes in.
Explanation: Though able to win, let not one desire gambling; (for) even what is won is like a fish swallowing the iron in fish-hook.

Kural 932:
ஒன்றெய்தி நூறிழக்கும் சூதர்க்கும் உண்டாங்கொல்
நன்றெய்தி வாழ்வதோர் ஆறு.
Ondreydhi Noorizhakkum Soodharkkum Untaangol
Nandreydhi Vaazhvadhor Aaru
English couplet:
Is there for gamblers, too, that gaining one a hundred lose, some way
That they may good obtain, and see a prosperous day?.
Explanation: Is there indeed a means of livelihood that can bestow happiness on gamblers who gain one and lose a hundred ?

Kural 933:
உருளாயம் ஓவாது கூறின் பொருளாயம்
போஒய்ப் புறமே படும்.
uruLaayam Ovaadhu kooRin poruLaayam
poaoip puRamae padum
English couplet:
If prince unceasing speak of nought but play,
Treasure and revenue will pass from him away.
Explanation: If the king is incessantly addicted to the rolling dice in the hope of gain, his wealth and the resources thereof will take their departure and fall into other's hands.

Kural 934:
சிறுமை பலசெய்து சீரழக்கும் சூதின்
வறுமை தருவதொன்று இல்.
siRumai palaseydhu seerazhikkum soodhin
vaRumai tharuvadhondru il
English couplet:
Gaming brings many woes, and ruins fair renown;
Nothing to want brings men so surely down.
Explanation: There is nothing else that brings (us) poverty like gambling which causes many a misery and destroys (one's) reputation.

Kural 935:
கவறும் கழகமும் கையும் தருக்கி
இவறியார் இல்லாகி யார்.
kavaRum kazhakamum kaiyum tharukki
ivaRiyaar illaaki yaar
English couplet:
The dice, and gaming-hall, and gamester's art, they eager sought,
Thirsting for gain- the men in other days who came to nought.
Explanation: Penniless are those who by reason of their attachment would never forsake gambling, the gambling-place and the handling (of dice).

Kural 936:
அகடாரார் அல்லல் உழப்பர்சூ தென்னும்
முகடியான் மூடப்பட் டார்.
akataaraar allal uzhapparsoo thennum
mukatiyaan mootappat taar
English couplet:
Gambling's Misfortune's other name: o'er whom she casts her veil,
They suffer grievous want, and sorrows sore bewail.
Explanation: Those who are swallowed by the goddess called "gambling" will never have their hunger satisfied, but suffer the pangs of hell in the next world.

Kural 937:
பழகிய செல்வமும் பண்பும் கெடுக்கும்
கழகத்துக் காலை புகின்.
pazhakiya selvamum paNpum kedukkum
kazhakaththuk kaalai pukin
English couplet:
Ancestral wealth and noble fame to ruin haste,
If men in gambler's halls their precious moments waste.
Explanation: To waste time at the place of gambling will destroy inherited wealth and goodness of character.

Kural 938:
பொருள்கெடுத்துப் பொய்மேற் கொளீஇ அருள்கெடுத்து
அல்லல் உழப்பிக்கும் சூது.
poruLketuththup poimaeR koLeei aruLketuththu
allal uzhappikkum soodhu
English couplet:
Gambling wastes wealth, to falsehood bends the soul: it drives away
All grace, and leaves the man to utter misery a prey.
Explanation: Gambling destroys property, teaches falsehood, puts an end to benevolence, and brings in misery (here and hereafter).

Kural 939:
உடைசெல்வம் ஊண்ஒளி கல்விஎன்று ஐந்தும்
அடையாவாம் ஆயங் கொளின்.
udaiselvam ooN-oLi kalviendru aindhum
ataiyaavaam aayanG koLin
English couplet:
Clothes, wealth, food, praise, and learning, all depart
From him on gambler's gain who sets his heart.
Explanation: The habit of gambling prevents the attainment of these five: clothing, wealth, food, fame and learning.

Kural 940:
இழத்தொறூஉம் காதலிக்கும் சூதேபோல் துன்பம்
உழத்தொறூஉம் காதற்று உயிர்.
izhaththoRu-um kaadhalikkum soodhaepoal thunpam
uzhaththoru-um kaadhatru uyir
English couplet:
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.
Explanation: As the gambler loves (his vice) the more he loses by it, so does the soul love (the body) the more it suffers through it.