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\n\u0baa\u0b95\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bc1.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just as the letter A stands first among all letters, the Primal Lord stands first in the whole world.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[30],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-25","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 1","verse_sort":1,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b85\u0b95\u0bb0 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2 \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0ba4\u0bbf\n\u0baa\u0b95\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bc1.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":70,"transliteration":"Akara Mudhala Ezhuththellaam Aadhi \/ Pakavan Mudhatre Ulaku","couplet_en":"A is the starting-point of the world of sound: even so is the Great Original the starting-point of all that exists.","word_meanings":"\u0b85\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd | the letter \u0b85 (a), the first Tamil vowel\n\u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2 | as the first, the chief\n\u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd | all the letters\n\u0b86\u0ba4\u0bbf | the origin, the beginning\n\u0baa\u0b95\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd | the Lord, the revered one\n\u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 | is the first (the -\u0b8f gives emphasis)\n\u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bc1 | the world","meaning_ta":"\u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2, \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"Just as the letter A stands first among all letters, the Primal Lord stands first in the whole world.","explanation_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 '\u0b85'. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2; \u0bae\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0b85\u0b95\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9. 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'\u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3 \u0b8f\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 '\u0baa\u0b95\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8; \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9? \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. '\u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd '\u0b8e\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bc7; \u0b86\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b92\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b8e\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0b95\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"The Tamil alphabet opens with the letter \u0b85 (a). It is not merely first in the row of vowels; the consonants themselves lean on it to become full sounds. Try saying the consonant \u0b95\u0bcd alone and you produce only a small click. Open the mouth, let the 'a' enter, and the full sound \u0b95 is born. So the letter A is not only first in order, it is the base that lives inside the other sounds. Valluvar picks this plain fact of the language as his image.\n\nThe phrase 'Aadhi Pakavan' joins two ideas: 'aadhi', the beginning or origin, and 'pakavan', one who is revered. The verse says that just as letters have A as their ground, the whole world has a source and a ground. We cannot point to it with a finger, but, like the A hidden inside the other sounds, its working is felt in everything that happens. The closing particle in 'mudhatre' adds emphasis, a quiet insistence that it is so. Notice that Valluvar picks the word for greatness rather than a proper name, and so people of any faith may find their own prayer in the line.\n\nWhat does this mean in everyday life? Before we begin any task, to recall the foundations that hold us up is the beginning of gratitude. None of us made the language we learn, the food we eat or the ground we walk on. To say 'what I received' before saying 'what I achieved' is the humility this verse teaches first. 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\u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1.","story_title_en":"The Endless Pillar of Fire","story_en":"From the Shiva Purana.\n\nOnce a dispute arose between Brahma, who creates, and Vishnu, who preserves: which of them was the greater? Then, between the two of them, a vast pillar of fire appeared. Neither its foot nor its crown could be seen. Amazed, they agreed that whoever first found its end, below or above, would be the greater.\n\nVishnu took the form of a boar and went digging down into the earth. Brahma took the form of a swan and flew upward. For a very long time Vishnu searched and could not find the base. Tired, he recognised his limit and came back in humility. Brahma, flying upward, did not find the top either. But he met a screw-pine flower, the thazhampoo, floating down from above, and asked where it came from. \"From the top of this pillar,\" it said. Hungry for glory, Brahma decided to lie: \"I have seen the crown, and this flower is my witness.\"\n\nAt once Lord Shiva stepped out of the middle of the blazing light. Vishnu told the truth and bowed before him. Knowing Brahma's lie, Shiva was angry. Tradition says he declared that Brahma would no longer have separate worship in temples, and that the flower which gave false witness would never be used in his puja. Tamil tradition holds that this light stands as the hill of Tiruvannamalai, where the great Karthigai lamp recalls the pillar of fire.\n\nAs the letter A stands first among all letters, so the first of all the world is a boundless light that cannot be measured. Those who thought they could measure it failed. The one who admitted his limit and bowed received grace. This is the truth Valluvar places in his opening verse: rather than set out to find the source of everything, it is wisdom to accept it as the source and to bow.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcb \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcb \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 '\u0b85\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1? \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b8e\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"What is the unseen 'A' in your own work or home, the foundation everything else quietly depends on, and when did you last thank it?","image_prompt":"The Lingodbhava legend from the Shiva Purana: an endless pillar of fire with Shiva emerging from it, Vishnu as a boar digging below and Brahma as a swan flying above, in Tanjore-painting and palm-leaf manuscript 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\/25","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1536,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/25\/revisions\/1536"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}