{"id":3111,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-3\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:09","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-3","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 3 \u00b7 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no better dharma than household life.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3111","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"3","verse_sort":3,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1","english_translation":"There is no better dharma than household life.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.\n\n\u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0b8f\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\nThe householder supports ascetics, guests and the poor, so household life is praised as the finest dharma.\n\nTransliteration: Illaram allathu nallaram anru","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Illaram allathu nallaram anru","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd|household life\n\u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc1|other than\n\u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd|good dharma\n\u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1|there is not","meaning_ta":"\u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.","meaning_en":"There is no better dharma than household life.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0baa\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b8f\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9. \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd.\n\n\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2; \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"There is no dharma better than household life, says Avvaiyar. Running a home, caring for parents, raising children, welcoming guests and giving to the poor all happen in household life. Even renunciates live on the gifts of householders.\n\nThiruvalluvar too places household life first and praises it. Going to the forest is not the only spiritual path; living by dharma at home is itself a high austerity.","story_title_ta":"\u0b9c\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b9c\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9. \u201c\u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd?\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b85\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc1: \u201c\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc0 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.\u201d \u0b9c\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1, \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0b9c\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f, \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1.","story_title_en":"Jajali and the Merchant Tuladhara","story_en":"From the Mahabharata, Shanti Parva. The sage Jajali performed fierce penance. He stood so still that birds built nests in his matted hair, laid eggs and raised their young there. He grew proud: 'Who has practised dharma as I have?'\n\nThen a voice said, 'You are not the equal of Tuladhara, the merchant of Varanasi.' Jajali went to find him. That householder, who weighed his goods honestly and lived in friendship with all beings, harming none, taught Jajali the subtle truth of dharma.\n\nThe honesty of a shopkeeper's scales stood higher than the penance of the forest.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0b9f \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"Which of your everyday household tasks could you do as an act of worship?","image_prompt":"A humble merchant Tuladhara weighing grain on brass scales in a Varanasi shop, a proud ascetic Jajali with birds nesting in his matted hair standing before him listening, the Ganga ghats behind, 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\/3111","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\/3111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3313,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3111\/revisions\/3313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}