{"id":3034,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/aathichoodi-36\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:05","slug":"aathichoodi-36","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/aathichoodi-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Aathichoodi 36 \u00b7 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bae\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never abandon good character.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[45],"class_list":["post-3034","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-aathichoodi"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"36","verse_sort":36,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bae\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd","english_translation":"Never abandon good character.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0ba8\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7.\n\n\u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\nWhatever happens, hold to good character. It is the one lasting wealth.\n\nTransliteration: Kunamathu kaivitael","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Kunamathu kaivitael","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bae\u0ba4\u0bc1|good character, virtue\n\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd|do not abandon","meaning_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7.","meaning_en":"Never abandon good character.","explanation_ta":"\u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd; \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b85\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bc1\u0b95\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"Never abandon good character, in any situation. Wealth and position may go; if character goes, the person himself is gone.\n\nCharacter is tested only when hardship comes. 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Harishchandra, king of the solar dynasty, was famed for truth. To test him, Vishvamitra asked for his whole kingdom as a gift, and Harishchandra gave it without hesitation. Then the sage demanded the fee owed on that gift.\n\nTo pay it, Harishchandra sold his wife Chandramati and his son Lohitashva, and sold himself as a slave to a keeper of the cremation ground. When his son died of a snakebite, Chandramati carried the body to the cremation ground. Even then Harishchandra kept to his duty and would not allow the cremation without the fee.\n\nAt that moment the gods and Vishvamitra appeared; the son was restored to life and the kingdom returned. Harishchandra, who lost everything yet never let go of truth, remains forever the image of never abandoning one's character.","reflection_ta":"\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"How do you hold on to your integrity when things get hard?","image_prompt":"King Harishchandra in humble rags standing guard at a cremation ground by a river at night, a grieving woman carrying a child before him, gods appearing in golden light 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\/3034","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\/3034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3236,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3034\/revisions\/3236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3034"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3034"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3034"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3034"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}