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Then one day we said it quietly: we would go back to our old home.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba9 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0b95\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc8; \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8.\n\n\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8; \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc0\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b85\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f \u0b85\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"This is the poem's most delicious turn: too much giving produces weariness. Teeth worn down like a plough is a joke \u2014 and behind the joke is an excess of generosity.\n\nA man who came from hunger now turns from food. The poem does not call this ingratitude; it reports human nature. That even abundance has a limit is said here better than it could be argued.","story_title_ta":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8","story_ta":"\u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd 116\u2013120 \u00b7 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd","story_title_en":"","story_en":"Lines 116\u2013120 \u00b7 Mudathamakkanniyar","reflection_ta":"\u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Can an excess of generosity become a burden?","image_prompt":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/17402","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\/17402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17501,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/17402\/revisions\/17501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=17402"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=17402"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=17402"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=17402"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=17402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}