{"id":3066,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/aathichoodi-68\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:08","slug":"aathichoodi-68","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/aathichoodi-68\/","title":{"rendered":"Aathichoodi 68 \u00b7 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do not fall from your proper standing.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[45],"class_list":["post-3066","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-aathichoodi"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"68","verse_sort":68,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd","english_translation":"Do not fall from your proper standing.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7.\n\n\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7.\n\nWhen rank and riches come, do not slip from your principles.\n\nTransliteration: Nilaiyil piriyael","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Nilaiyil piriyael","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd|from your proper standing, steadiness\n\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd|do not fall away","meaning_ta":"\u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7.","meaning_en":"Do not fall from your proper standing.","explanation_ta":"\u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcb \u0b9a\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bcb \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"Do not fall from your proper standing. Even when insult or trial comes, we must stand unmoved in our goal and our principles.\n\nOnly one who stands firm reaches the highest place. 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The boy Dhruva, son of King Uttanapada, tried to sit on his father's lap. His stepmother Suruchi pulled him away and mocked him: \"If you want this place, pray to God for it.\"\n\nWeeping, the five-year-old went to the forest. Narada tried to send him home, but Dhruva would not waver. With the mantra Narada taught him, he did severe penance in Madhuvana, reducing his food month by month until at last he stood on one leg.\n\nVishnu appeared and touched his cheek with his conch. He granted him a place that was steady and imperishable. The Pole Star that stands unmoving in the sky to this day is the sign of that boy who never fell from his resolve.","reflection_ta":"\u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"Which goal do you most want to stay unwavering about?","image_prompt":"The small boy Dhruva standing on one leg in deep meditation in a forest grove, Vishnu appearing before him touching his cheek with a conch, a single bright star shining fixed in the night 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\/3066","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\/3066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3268,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3066\/revisions\/3268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3066"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3066"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3066"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3066"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}