{"id":3112,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-4\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:09","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-4","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 4 \u00b7 \u0b88\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bc0\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What misers hoard, the wicked will carry off.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3112","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"4","verse_sort":4,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b88\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bc0\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd","english_translation":"What misers hoard, the wicked will carry off.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc0\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\n\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcb \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcb \u0baa\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\nWealth hoarded without giving ends with thieves or is wasted.\n\nTransliteration: Eeyaar thaettai theeyaar kolvar","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Eeyaar thaettai theeyaar kolvar","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b88\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd|those who do not give\n\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8|the wealth they hoard\n\u0ba4\u0bc0\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd|the wicked\n\u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd|will carry off","meaning_ta":"\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc0\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"What misers hoard, the wicked will carry off.","explanation_ta":"\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc0\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b95\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd; \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcb, \u0bb5\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcb, \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcb \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8.","explanation_en":"The wealth hoarded by those who never give, says Avvaiyar, will be carried off by the wicked. The miser neither enjoys it nor gives it away. In the end thieves, cheats or lawsuits take it from him.\n\nWealth that is given stays with us as merit; wealth that is hoarded goes to others. That is the irony this line points to.","story_title_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bc0\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0bb8\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0bae\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bc0\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bc0\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb2 \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8, \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.\n\n\u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u201c\u0b85\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7, \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bc0; \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd.","story_title_en":"The Bee and the Honey-Gatherer","story_en":"From the Srimad Bhagavatam. The wandering sage who learned twenty-four lessons from nature told King Yadu about the honeybee. Bees gather honey drop by drop from many flowers. They neither eat it all nor give it away.\n\nThen one day a honey-gatherer comes and takes away all the honey they worked to collect. 'In the same way,' said the sage, 'the wealth a miser gathers without enjoying it or giving it is carried off by someone else.'\n\nThe bee gathers; another eats. Nature itself explains Avvaiyar's line.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u201c\u0b8e\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"Of the things you keep 'in case they are needed someday', what could you give to someone today?","image_prompt":"A honey-gatherer with a smoking torch taking golden honeycomb from a hive on a tall tree while bees swirl, a serene wandering sage explaining the scene to a king below, 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\/3112","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\/3112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3314,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3112\/revisions\/3314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3112"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}