{"id":3028,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/aathichoodi-30\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:05","slug":"aathichoodi-30","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/aathichoodi-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Aathichoodi 30 \u00b7 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never forget Aran (Shiva).<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[45],"class_list":["post-3028","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-aathichoodi"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"30","verse_sort":30,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b85\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd","english_translation":"Never forget Aran (Shiva).","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b85\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7.\n\n\u0b85\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8. \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb2 \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \"\u0b85\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd\" (\u0b85\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7) \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1.\n\nAran is a name of Shiva; remembering God in every stage of life is our support. Some editions read \"aranai\" as \"dharma\": never forget dharma.\n\nTransliteration: Aranai maravael","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Aranai maravael","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b85\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bc8|Aran, Lord Shiva\n\u0bae\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd|do not forget","meaning_ta":"\u0b85\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7.","meaning_en":"Never forget Aran (Shiva).","explanation_ta":"\u0b85\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bc8, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc8, \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.\n\n\u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0bae\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8.","explanation_en":"Never forget Aran, Lord Shiva. One who remembers God in joy and in sorrow has nothing to fear.\n\nA mind that remembers the Lord is steady. Our tradition holds that even death cannot touch the one who clings to God.","story_title_ta":"\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba3 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u201c\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b86\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba3 \u0bae\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bbe, \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9e\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3 \u0bae\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bbe?\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9e\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3 \u0bae\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd; \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\n\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd; \u0baf\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0b85\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0baf\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd; \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bb9\u0bbe\u0bb0 \u0bae\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.","story_title_en":"Markandeya, the Ever-Young","story_en":"From Puranic tradition. The sage Mrikandu and his wife did penance for a child. Shiva asked them, \"Do you want an ordinary son with a long life, or a wise son who will live only until sixteen?\" They chose the wise son, and Markandeya was born.\n\nKnowing his fate in his sixteenth year, Markandeya worshipped Shiva without pause. On the appointed day, Yama came with his noose. The boy clung tightly to the Shiva linga, and Yama's noose circled the linga too.\n\nThen Shiva burst forth from the linga and kicked Yama down, and Markandeya received the boon of remaining sixteen forever. At Thirukkadavur, the Lord is worshipped as Kalasamhara Murti, the destroyer of death. Even death could not overcome the one who did not forget Aran.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"At what moment in your day could you pause to remember the divine?","image_prompt":"The boy Markandeya embracing a Shiva linga in a temple sanctum as Yama on a buffalo casts his noose, Shiva emerging from the linga in blazing light with his foot raised against Yama, 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\/3028","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\/3028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3230,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3028\/revisions\/3230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}