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Vazhi","couplet_en":"Who will support a man in his grief, if the Heart of his beloved itself refuseth him help?","word_meanings":"\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 | for sorrow, in distress\n\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0b86\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | who will be a support\n\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd | one's own heart\n\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf | when it is not a companion\n\u0ba8\u0bc6\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd | the heart, the mind","meaning_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd 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\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"The last two verses of the chapter turn the heroine's lament into a general truth. The question in this verse is simple but deep: when one's own heart is not a support to one, who else will be a support in sorrow? The idea is that the heart is the base of all supports. The one companion that is always with us is our own mind.\n\nIn the source text this verse is marked as the hero's speech. Most commentators take it as the heroine's; we may read it honouring both. Whoever says it, the meaning is unchanged: one who fights with his own heart becomes without companion.\n\nThe distinction of this verse is that it goes beyond the heroine's personal sorrow and applies to all human beings. There may be people in the world who love us; but if our mind turns against us, even their help is not wholly useful. So Valluvar teaches here that it is first important to make friends with our own mind.\n\nModern psychology says the same truth: a mind that befriends itself stands firm in distress. A mind that accuses itself cannot accept any comfort. The habit of speaking to oneself with kindness is the health of the heart.\n\nThus a heroine's lament rises into a lesson for living. 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truth and justice were his mark. Duryodhana, through the scheming of his uncle Shakuni, invited the Pandavas to play dice at Hastinapura. Yudhishthira hesitated whether to accept the invitation; he knew that gambling brings harm. Yet thinking it improper to refuse a king's invitation, he agreed, the Mahabharata says.\n\nOnce the game began, through Shakuni's trickery Yudhishthira lost continuously. He staked and lost his wealth, his kingdom, his brothers, and himself. After each loss his mind urged him, 'If you play once more you can win back what you lost.' His own mind did not stand by him as a companion.\n\nHis relatives, elders and friends were all in the assembly. Vidura and others gave warning. Yet Yudhishthira's mind could not stop the game. In the end Draupadi too was subjected to humiliation; by the grace of Krishna her honour was protected, tradition praises.\n\nThis is a great example that when one's own mind is not a companion, however great the elders nearby, they cannot wholly protect. Later Yudhishthira realised his mistake and, through years of forest exile, strengthened his mind by penance and dharma.\n\nValluvar's verse 'who will be a support in sorrow when one's own heart is not' echoes in a deep sense with this scene.\n\nThe tale reminds us of the need to befriend our own mind; Yudhishthira's later life is shown as the growth of that friendship.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"Where has your own mind failed to stand with you, and how have you begun to make friends with it?","image_prompt":"Yudhishthira seated at a dice board in the grand hall of Hastinapura with a troubled expression, Shakuni opposite smiling slyly, elders including Vidura looking concerned from the side, ornate pillars and lamps, warm palm-leaf manuscript and Tanjore-painting inspired style, ivory, ochre, copper and deep teal palette, no text or letters in the image."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1501","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\/1501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2831,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/1501\/revisions\/2831"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=1501"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=1501"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=1501"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=1501"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=1501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}