Gambling
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kavaṟuṅ kaḻakamuṅ kaiyun tarukki / yivaṟiyā rillāki yār.
“The dice, and gaming-hall, and gamester's art, they eager sought, / Thirsting for gain- the men in other days who came to nought.”
“Many there have been who were proud of their skill in the throwing of dice and were mad after the gambling-house: but there hath not been a single man of them that did not come to grief.”
Those who doted on the dice, the gaming den, and their skillful hand have ended in utter poverty.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
இல்லாகியார்= முற்காலத்துத் தாம் உளராகியே இலராகி ஒழுகினார்; கவறும் கழகமும் கையும் தருக்கி இவறியார்= கவற்றினையும், அஃதாடும் களத்தினையும், அவ்வாடற்கு வேண்டும் கைத்தொழிலினையும் மேற்கொண்டு கைவிடாத வேந்தர்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Those who prided themselves on the dice, the gaming hall, and the dexterity of their hand, greedily clinging to the game, were reduced to utter destitution.