Chapter 93 -- Avoidance of DrunkennessKURAL 921Those who crave intoxicating drink each daywill never be feared and never find fame.KURAL 922Do not drink liquor. If some wish to, let it be thosewho have no wish for the esteem of exemplary men.KURAL 923The sight of a drunken man's revelry is unbearableeven to his own mother. How, then, must it appear to the wise?KURAL 924The virtuous damsel called Decency will turn her backon men who indulge in the vile vice called drunkenness.KURAL 925Spending one's wealth to purchase self-oblivionresults from being oblivious to proper conduct.KURAL 926Those who always sleep are akin to the dead.Those who constantly drink are like men who take poison.KURAL 927The drooping eyes of those who secretly drink betray that secret,evoking their neighbor's relentless ridicule.KURAL 928Stop denying, "I never drink," for next time you drink,your mind's hidden deception will be betrayed then and there.KURAL 929One may as well carry a candle under water to search fora drowned man as use reason to sober a drunk drowned in drink.KURAL 930Why can't the drunkard who, when sober, sees another's drunkenstupor realize the degrading shame of his own drunkenness?