Translation:

Like him who, lamp in hand, would seek one sunk beneath the wave. Is he who strives to sober drunken man with reasonings grave.

Commentary (உரை):

Reasoning with a drunkard is like going under water with a torch in search of a drowned man.

Parsing Venba (வெண்பா பகுப்பாய்வு):

அடி

2. Seer(eerasai=None, moovasai=Moovasai(asai_one=Nirai(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='க', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='ளி', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='த்', oasai=)]), asai_two=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='தா', oasai=)]), asai_three=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='னை', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='க்', oasai=)]), type=))
3. Seer(eerasai=Eerasai(asai_one=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='கா', oasai=)]), asai_two=Nirai(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='ர', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='ண', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='ம்', oasai=)]), type=), moovasai=None)
4. Seer(eerasai=Eerasai(asai_one=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='கா', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='ட்', oasai=)]), asai_two=Nirai(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='டு', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='த', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='ல்', oasai=)]), type=), moovasai=None)
5. Seer(eerasai=Eerasai(asai_one=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='கீ', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='ழ்', oasai=)]), asai_two=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='நீ', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='ர்', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='க்', oasai=)]), type=), moovasai=None)

ஈற்றடி

2. Seer(eerasai=None, moovasai=Moovasai(asai_one=Nirai(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='கு', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='ளி', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='த்', oasai=)]), asai_two=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='தா', oasai=)]), asai_three=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='னை', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='த்', oasai=)]), type=))
3. Seer(eerasai=None, moovasai=Moovasai(asai_one=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='தீ', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='த்', oasai=)]), asai_two=Nirai(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='து', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='ரீ', oasai=)]), asai_three=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='இ', oasai=)]), type=))
4. EetruSeer(asai=Eerasai(asai_one=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='அ', oasai=), Ezhutthu(letter='ற்', oasai=)]), asai_two=Ner(ezhutthu_list=[Ezhutthu(letter='று', oasai=)]), type=))

சீர் பிரித்தது:

அடி

1. களித்-தா-னைக் கா-ரணம் காட்-டுதல் கீழ்-நீர்க்

ஈற்றடி

1. குளித்-தா-னைத் தீத்-துரீ-இ அற்-று