{"id":3005,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/aathichoodi-7\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:04","slug":"aathichoodi-7","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/aathichoodi-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Aathichoodi 7 \u00b7 \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do not belittle numbers and letters.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[45],"class_list":["post-3005","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-aathichoodi"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"7","verse_sort":7,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd","english_translation":"Do not belittle numbers and letters.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7.\n\n\u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bc1. \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7.\n\nTamil tradition calls numbers and letters the two eyes of a person. Never look down on learning.\n\nTransliteration: En ezhuththu ikazhael","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"En ezhuththu ikazhael","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd|numbers, arithmetic\n\u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1|letters, writing\n\u0b87\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd|do not belittle","meaning_ta":"\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7.","meaning_en":"Do not belittle numbers and letters.","explanation_ta":"\u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bc1. \u0b95\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u201c\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1?\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bbf.","explanation_en":"Tamil tradition says numbers and letters are like the two eyes. Arithmetic and learning are the foundation of life. To belittle them, asking \"What use are these?\", is like walking with your eyes shut.\n\nWriting preserves knowledge across time; numbers bring order to life. 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Vyasa had composed the Mahabharata in his mind. When he wondered who could write it down, Brahma told him to call upon Ganesha.\n\nGanesha said, \"You must dictate without pausing for even a moment while I write.\" Vyasa set his own condition: \"You must understand the meaning of every verse before you write it.\" Now and then Vyasa recited difficult verses, and while Ganesha pondered them, Vyasa composed the next ones.\n\nThe god himself sat as scribe and wrote each letter knowing its meaning. Because writing was treated not as a trifle but as worship, that great epic has come down to us.","reflection_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bcb \u0b95\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bcb \u0b95\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"Where today is there a chance to treat writing or numbers with care?","image_prompt":"Lord Ganesha seated cross-legged writing on palm leaves with his broken tusk as a stylus, the sage Vyasa beside him dictating with an upraised hand, in a quiet Himalayan cave lit by oil lamps, Tanjore-painting inspired style with palm-leaf manuscript texture, 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\/3005","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\/3005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3207,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3005\/revisions\/3207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3005"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3005"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3005"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3005"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}