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The world shines by the greatness of those who, having understood the nature of the two states, this life and the life beyond, take up virtue right here.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[30],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-225","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","kural_section-paayiraviyal","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-thiruvalluvar","work_title-thirukkural"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd 23","verse_sort":23,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b88\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b85\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bc1.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":72,"transliteration":"Irumai Vakaidherindhu Eentuaram Poontaar \/ Perumai Pirangitru Ulaku","couplet_en":"Behold the men who have weighed this life with the next and have renounced: the earth is made radiant by their greatness.","word_meanings":"\u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 | the pair, two (worlds, this and the next)\n\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 | having understood the kinds, weighed the difference\n\u0b88\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 | here, in this life\n\u0b85\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | those who have taken up virtue\n\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 | greatness\n\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 | shines, stands out\n\u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bc1 | the world","meaning_ta":"\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.","meaning_en":"The world shines by the greatness of those who, having understood the nature of the two states, this life and the life beyond, take up virtue right here.","explanation_ta":"'\u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb2 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8, \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1, \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbf, \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. 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\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"Commentators give different readings of 'irumai'. Parimelazhagar takes it as this life and the next; others take it as attachment and detachment, and still others as rebirth and liberation. Whichever reading is adopted, the verse is clearly about those who compared two ways of life with care and arrived at clarity. The words 'vagai therindhu' show the delicacy of that inquiry: comparing the two takes attention and knowledge.\n\nThe phrase that follows, 'eendu aram poondaar', is very beautiful. 'Eendu' means here, now. Virtue is not something to be done far away or in the future; it must begin right now, in this very life. 'Poondaar' carries the sense of putting on an ornament, one who has worn virtue. For them virtue is no mere decoration but becomes their very nature.\n\nThe last line, 'perumai pirangitru ulagu', says that the world shines with their greatness. As a lamp brightens an entire room with its light, a pure life becomes a light for a whole society. Even after the wise have passed away, their memory guides generations.\n\nOften today we postpone good deeds with 'let us see later'. This verse gently resists that delay. 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The sage Vajashravasa, in a sacrifice, resolved to give away all his wealth. But the cows he gave were old and had no milk. His young son Nachiketa was troubled to see this. \"Father, to whom will you give me?\" he asked. When he asked again and again, his father grew angry and said, \"I give you to Yama!\"\n\nNachiketa reached the world of Yama. Yama was not there, and for three days the boy waited at the door without food. When Yama returned and learned of it, he was sorry. \"Young brahmin, you waited three days hungry. For my fault I grant you three boons,\" he said.\n\nFor the first boon, Nachiketa asked that his father's anger toward him be calmed and that he receive him warmly. For the second, he asked the secret of the sacrificial fire. For the third, he asked, \"When a man dies, does he exist or not?\" Yama hesitated, saying this boon was very hard.\n\nYama tempted him: \"Ask for sons and grandsons who live a hundred years, elephants, horses, gold, a long life, land, a fine chariot with music and women. But do not ask about death.\" Nachiketa answered calmly, \"Yama, these things are uncertain tomorrow and wear down the power of the senses. Even a long life is short before you. Grant me only what I asked.\"\n\nPleased by his firmness, Yama began to teach: the good is one thing and the pleasant another; the wise choose the good and the unwise choose the pleasant. He went on to teach the imperishable nature of the Self. The Upanishad shines with the greatness of a boy who weighed this world and the next and chose rightly.","reflection_ta":"'\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"Is there a good deed you have been postponing as 'later' that could begin today?","image_prompt":"Boy Nachiketa standing before Lord Yama in his dark court, refusing gold, elephants and chariots offered to him, with a calm and steady gaze, lamps burning. 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\/225","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\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1560,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/225\/revisions\/1560"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}