{"id":257,"date":"2026-10-26T01:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T01:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/?post_type=verse&#038;p=257"},"modified":"2026-10-26T01:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T01:53:19","slug":"kural-55","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kural-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Kural 55 \u00b7 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bbe\u0b85\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bbe\u0b85\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wife who worships no other god but rises each morning worshipping her husband: if she says &#8220;Rain!&#8221;, the rain falls.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[31],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-257","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","kural_section-illaraviyal","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-thiruvalluvar","work_title-thirukkural"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd 55","verse_sort":55,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bbe\u0b85\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":75,"transliteration":"Theyvam Thozhaaal Kozhunan Thozhudhezhuvaal \/ Peyyenap Peyyum Mazhai","couplet_en":"Behold the woman who worshippeth not other Gods but worshippeth her husband even as she riseth from bed: the rain-cloud obeyeth her commands.","word_meanings":"\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bbe\u0b85\u0bb3\u0bcd | she who does not worship (other) gods\n\u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd | her husband\n\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc1 | worshipping\n\u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd | one who rises\n\u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9 | \"Rain!\" so saying\n\u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8 | the rain falls","meaning_ta":"\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0ba3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 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She who holds her husband as her god and worships him as she rises in the morning, if she says \"Rain, fall!\", the rain falls. It is an exaggerated praise: that nature itself bows before her purity.\n\nOne thing is to be noted in reading this verse. Valluvar himself gave his entire first chapter to the worship of God. So it is not fitting to take 'theyvam thozhaal' as denying God. Parimelazhagar and other commentators explain it as one who holds firmly that her husband is her god. Some modern readings see it as a poetic exaggeration showing the wife's complete devotion to her household duty.\n\nThe real centre of the verse is the Indian belief that a woman's spiritual strength, her pure love and devotion, can bring even nature into harmony. In Tamil tradition it is common to link rain with right conduct. One may also remember the chapter 'The Excellence of Rain', which praises the rain.\n\nHow may we see it today? When two people honour each other to the point of treating each other as sacred, that home flourishes of itself. The habit of rising in the morning and first giving the other a greeting and thanks has the power to change the atmosphere of a home.\n\nSo the idea is the strength of a relationship in which each deeply respects the other. A home that has this strength gives benefit like rain, which is the verse's beautiful imagining.","story_title_ta":"\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1","story_ta":"\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0baf \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b95\u0bcc\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf. \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd 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A brahmin named Kaushika was weakened in body by illness; his wife was Shandili. Even when her husband was angry and in distress she tended him as a god. One night Kaushika wished to go somewhere. Being unable to walk, he was carried by Shandili on her shoulders through the dark.\n\nOn the way lay the sage Mandavya, impaled on a stake on a false accusation. In the darkness Kaushika's foot struck him. In pain Mandavya cursed, \"Whoever has touched me and caused this pain shall die before the sun rises.\"\n\nShandili heard it. \"If my husband's life is to go, then let the sun not rise,\" she declared by the power of her austerity. The sun did not rise. The night grew long. Sacrifices and daily duties stopped. The devas too were afraid, and went to Brahma with their complaint.\n\nBrahma told them to seek the help of Anasuya, wife of the sage Atri. Anasuya met Shandili and spoke to her with respect for her devotion. \"The world suffers. Let the sun rise. Even if your husband dies, I shall bring him back to life by the power of my austerity,\" she promised.\n\nShandili agreed. The sun rose, and Kaushika fell to the ground and died. Anasuya kept her word, brought him back to life, and gave him a body free of disease, says the Purana.\n\nThe tale is told in the language of divine faith. It points to the belief that love and steadfastness can gain the power to stop nature itself. It also reminds us that Shandili turned her strength to the good of her world as well.","reflection_ta":"\u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0 \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"What daily small act of reverence could make our home bloom like land after rain?","image_prompt":"Shandili with her husband on her shoulders walking through a dark night with the stars bright, a golden dawn held back on the horizon, sage Mandavya's silhouette on a stake in the distance, devas watching from clouds. 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