{"id":3101,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/aathichoodi-103\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:09","slug":"aathichoodi-103","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/aathichoodi-103\/","title":{"rendered":"Aathichoodi 103 \u00b7 \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be a person of the highest character.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[45],"class_list":["post-3101","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-aathichoodi"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"103","verse_sort":103,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1","english_translation":"Be a person of the highest character.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1.\n\n\u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\nThe best person does good to himself and to others alike.\n\nTransliteration: Uththamanaay iru","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Uththamanaay iru","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd|as a person of the highest character\n\u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1|be","meaning_ta":"\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1.","meaning_en":"Be a person of the highest character.","explanation_ta":"\u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b86\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf.","explanation_en":"Be a person of the highest character. 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The sage Valmiki asked Narada: \"Who in this world today is virtuous, valiant, knows dharma, is grateful, truthful, firm in his vows, does good to all beings, and has conquered anger?\"\n\nNarada smiled and said: \"It is rare for all the virtues you name to be found in one person. But Rama, born in the line of Ikshvaku, is such a one. He is deep as the ocean, steady as the Himalaya, patient as the earth.\"\n\nNarada then told Rama's story in brief. From that question and answer, the Ramayana was born. 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