{"id":3115,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-7\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:09","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-7","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 7 \u00b7 \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numbers and letters are like one&#8217;s eyes.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3115","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"7","verse_sort":7,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","english_translation":"Numbers and letters are like one's eyes.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\nWithout arithmetic and literacy a person gropes like one without sight.\n\nTransliteration: Ennum ezhuththum kan enath thakum","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Ennum ezhuththum kan enath thakum","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|numbers\n\u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|and letters\n\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9|as one's eyes\n\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|are fit to be called","meaning_ta":"\u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bae\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"Numbers and letters are like one's eyes.","explanation_ta":"\u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b95\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd; \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2, \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u201c\u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa \u0b8f\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa \u0b87\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u201d (392) \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0b92\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8.","explanation_en":"Numbers and letters are like eyes, says Avvaiyar. One who cannot reckon is easily cheated; one who cannot read cannot see the world of knowledge. As a person without eyes cannot see the road, a person without learning cannot see the path of life.\n\nThiruvalluvar says the same: numbers and letters are the two eyes of all who live (Kural 392). 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When Vyasa composed the Mahabharata, he needed someone to write it down. Ganesha agreed, on one condition: 'You must dictate without pausing while I write.'\n\nVyasa set a condition in return: 'You must understand the meaning of every verse before you write it.' Now and then he recited a difficult verse, and while Ganesha pondered it, Vyasa composed the next. Tradition says that when Ganesha's stylus broke in the rush of writing, he broke off his own tusk and wrote on.\n\nBecause of that reverence for the written word, we have one of the longest epics in the world.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bcb \u0b95\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bcb \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Could you help someone learn to read or to reckon?","image_prompt":"Ganesha seated writing on a long palm-leaf manuscript with his broken tusk, the sage Vyasa beside him dictating with closed eyes, a Himalayan cave with oil lamps, 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\/3115","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\/3115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3317,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3115\/revisions\/3317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}