{"id":1023,"date":"2026-10-25T20:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T20:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/?post_type=verse&#038;p=1023"},"modified":"2026-10-25T20:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T20:53:15","slug":"kural-821","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kural-821\/","title":{"rendered":"Kural 821 \u00b7 \u0b9a\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0b9f\u0bc8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0b9a\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0b9f\u0bc8<br \/>\n\u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bbe \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The friendship of those who stand in rows without joining in heart is an anvil, 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is only an anvil whereon to hammer thee when he seeth his opportunity.","word_meanings":"\u0b9a\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd | a fitting opportunity\n\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd | if they see\n\u0b8e\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 | for striking\n\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0b9f\u0bc8 | anvil\n\u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bbe | not agreeing, not joining\n\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd | those who stand in rows\n\u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 | friendship","meaning_ta":"\u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc1, \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd 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It is quiet and does not move. But it exists to take the blows on the iron laid upon it. Valluvar applies this simile to unreal friendship. Those who stand in rows showing friendship without joining in heart seem calm and supportive from outside. They are in fact watching for the 'seeridam', the fitting opportunity, to strike us. When the chance comes, they will act as the hammer falls upon the anvil.\n\n'Nirandhavar' means those who stand in rows. Some explain it as a crowd of false friends. They seem to line up beside us, but in their hearts there is enmity. 'Neraa' means not agreeing in heart: relationship outside, withdrawal within. The danger of this kind of friendship is that it does not look like harm to our eyes. The anvil is quiet, but the time for the blow will come.\n\nWe can see this easily in modern life. In the office there are colleagues who burn inwardly at our rise and yet smile and chat with us, and those who wait for our mistake to use it to bring us down. Our closeness with them should stay within limits. We should not reveal our weaknesses and secrets to them. This is not hostility but vigilance.\n\nNotice that the simile does not make the anvil evil: the anvil is not the smith. It is the friendship that is a platform for someone else's hammer, a ready surface on which the plan of an enemy can be worked. 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In a great banyan tree lived the crow-king Meghavarna with his family. In a cave nearby lived the owl-king Arimardana. The two were in long enmity. At night the owls attacked the crows and destroyed them. The crows lived in fear.\n\nMeghavarna had five ministers. The eldest was Sthirajivi. He proposed a stratagem. \"Pretend to cast me out and throw me where the owls dwell. I shall act as one wronged, win their trust, and then destroy them from within.\" Meghavarna feigned to accuse him of weakness and pushed him out. Sthirajivi went to the owls with bloody wounds.\n\nThe owl-king saw him and asked, \"Who are you?\" Sthirajivi said humbly, \"I am a minister of the crow-king. He insulted and attacked me. I have come to you for refuge. Accept me as a friend; I shall help in destroying your enemy.\" One of the owl-king's ministers warned, \"This one is an enemy's man; he must not be trusted.\" But the king, charmed by his sweet speech, accepted him.\n\nSthirajivi stayed near the owls' cave and observed all their habits, weaknesses and night timings. Little by little he gathered firewood near the cave mouth. One day, when the owls slept in the daytime, the crows brought burning brands and dropped them at the cave entrance. Smoke and fire destroyed the owls.\n\nBy this tale the Panchatantra teaches that an enemy showing false friendship waits for the right chance. He stays like an anvil, learning our weaknesses, and when the chance comes he brings us down in one blow. The warning of Valluvar unfolds here as a story.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Who in your closest circle might be waiting for the chance to learn your weak points?","image_prompt":"A wounded old crow speaking humbly to an owl-king and his ministers at the mouth of a forest cave at dusk, banyan tree with sleeping crows above, firewood heaped quietly near the cave, crescent moon, warm palm-leaf manuscript and Tanjore-painting inspired style, ivory, ochre, copper and deep teal palette, ornate gold border, no text or letters in the image."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/verse"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2097,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1023\/revisions\/2097"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}