{"id":3032,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/aathichoodi-34\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:05","slug":"aathichoodi-34","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/aathichoodi-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Aathichoodi 34 \u00b7 \u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live so that you belong to and serve others.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[45],"class_list":["post-3032","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-aathichoodi"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"34","verse_sort":34,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd","english_translation":"Live so that you belong to and serve others.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b89\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd.\n\nKizhamai means belonging. 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The great asura Vritra terrorised the worlds, and none of the gods' weapons could defeat him. Vishnu told them that only the vajra, made from the bones of the sage Dadhichi, could overcome him.\n\nHesitantly, the gods went and asked Dadhichi. The sage smiled: \"This body will perish one day anyway. What could be better than for it to serve the world?\" He sat in yoga and gave up his body.\n\nFrom his bones Vishvakarma fashioned the vajra, and with it Indra defeated Vritra. Dadhichi, who made even his body belong to the world, is the highest example of living for others.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bc2\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"Which of your abilities could you put to use for your community?","image_prompt":"The aged sage Dadhichi seated serenely in meditation on a forest hilltop as the gods led by Indra stand before him with folded hands, a radiant thunderbolt taking shape in the sky above, 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\/3032","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\/3032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3234,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3032\/revisions\/3234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3032"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3032"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3032"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3032"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}