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Those who care for their own true good will not take the shoulders of women who, proud of their charm, offer lowly pleasure for a price.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[40],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-1118","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","kural_section-natpiyal","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-thiruvalluvar","work_title-thirukkural"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd 916","verse_sort":916,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb3\u0bcd.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":161,"transliteration":"Thannalam Paarippaar Thoyaar Thakaiserukkip \/ Punnalam Paarippaar Thol","couplet_en":"Behold the men that have a regard for their own good: they touch not the hand of wantons who put up their lewd charms for sale.","word_meanings":"\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd | one's own good\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | those who cherish \/ tend\n\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | will not touch\/join\n\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf | proud of their grace\/beauty\n\u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd | lowly charm\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb3\u0bcd | those who offer their shoulders (display)","meaning_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf, \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"Those who care for their own true good will not take the shoulders of women who, proud of their charm, offer lowly pleasure for a price.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd '\u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd'. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 '\u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2; 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'Nalam' here is not only bodily health but also peace of mind, welfare of the family, wealth and reputation. Valluvar's view is that one who knows what his true good is will not lose it for a passing pleasure. The word 'self-interest' is usually regarded as a fault, but here it is the wisdom to think of long-term good.\n\n'Thagaiserukki' means taking pride in one's beauty and finery, and 'punnalam paaripaar' means tending lowly pleasure in order to sell it. Taken together they show a state in which one's charm has been made a commodity. In that state a relationship becomes an exchange. When love turns into trade, its sweetness is lost.\n\n'Thol', the shoulder, stands for the embrace. 'Those who do not touch the shoulder' means those who do not involve themselves in that state. The wise choose any pleasure after seeing where it ends. They do not choose a pleasure that ends only in regret.\n\nIn the world today the routes by which instant pleasures are sold are everywhere. Gambling sites, intoxicants and excessive buying are examples. Though attractive outside, they are things that eat away our good within. The habit of looking at everything in the long term is what protects us.\n\nSo those who truly wish their own good are careful in choosing pleasures. What they refuse is not pleasure but the pain that looks like pleasure.","story_title_ta":"\u0baf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1","story_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bb5\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc1.\n\n\u0b9a\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf. \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd 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Shukracharya, angered for a reason, cursed Yayati to grow old. The king was shaken. When he asked forgiveness, the sage told him a way to change the curse: \"If any of your sons gives you his youth, you can get your youth back.\"\n\nYayati asked his sons. The elder sons refused. The youngest, Puru, out of love for his father, gladly gave his youth. Yayati regained youth and began again to enjoy the pleasures of the world. For a thousand years he lived immersed in pleasure, says the Purana.\n\nAfter a thousand years his desire was not satisfied. As pleasures increased, desire increased too. One day he reflected on his life. \"As ghee poured on fire does not put it out but makes it burn more, so desire is not stilled by enjoyment but grows,\" he realised.\n\nYayati called his son Puru and gave him back his youth. \"My son, I sought pleasure for a thousand years and my desire is not filled. Now I shall do penance. You take my kingdom,\" he said. He crowned Puru and went to the forest to perform penance.\n\nYayati's clarity came very late, but he did reach it in the end. Those who truly care for their own good need not wait a thousand years to see where low pleasure ends.\n\nNot everyone has to learn by experiencing for a thousand years, as Yayati did. If we reflect beforehand on the lesson he gives, our good will be protected. That is the message of the story.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0baf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc6\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"Which pleasure that you are chasing might be teaching you the same lesson Yayati learnt, only more slowly?","image_prompt":"King Yayati as an old man and a young prince Puru in a royal court, the king later bidding farewell and walking toward a forest hermitage, 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\/1118","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\/1118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1118\/revisions\/1904"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=1118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}