{"id":3122,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-14\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:09","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-14","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 14 \u00b7 \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chastity means never going back on one&#8217;s word.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3122","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"14","verse_sort":14,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8","english_translation":"Chastity means never going back on one's word.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8.\n\n\u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd; \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\nKeeping one's word is the soul of virtue; Rama went to the forest to keep his father's word.\n\nTransliteration: Karpenap patuvathu sol thirampaamai","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Karpenap patuvathu sol thirampaamai","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1|what is called chastity, steadfastness\n\u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd|one's word\n\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8|not going back on","meaning_ta":"\u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8.","meaning_en":"Chastity means never going back on one's word.","explanation_ta":"\u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95 \u0b86\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bc8. \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0b86\u0ba3\u0bcb \u0baa\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bcb, \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf: \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"Chastity, says Avvaiyar, means never going back on one's word. This is a deep definition. Instead of tying chastity only to the body, she links it to the firmness of one's word. Anyone, man or woman, who keeps the word they have given is chaste in this sense.\n\nThe line is a rule for all: our word is our worth.","story_title_ta":"\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc0\u0b95\u0bbf \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bbe\u0baf\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u201c\u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bcd: \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4 \u0b8f\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u201c\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0baa\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc0\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.\n\n\u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8 \u0b86\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf.","story_title_en":"Rama's Sandals and Bharata","story_en":"From the Valmiki Ramayana. Rama was famed for never speaking twice: once he had said a thing, he did not take it back. To keep his father's word, he accepted fourteen years in the forest.\n\nAt Chitrakuta, Bharata, the queen mothers, the ministers and the people came and begged him in tears to return and rule. Bharata even said he would lie fasting until Rama came back. But Rama would not go against his father's word.\n\nAt last Bharata took Rama's sandals, placed them on the throne and ruled in Rama's name. It stands as a witness to an elder brother who kept his word and a younger brother who honoured it.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Is there a promise you have made and not yet kept?","image_prompt":"Bharata on his knees receiving Rama's wooden sandals with reverence in a forest at Chitrakuta, Rama in bark garments blessing him, Sita and Lakshmana beside, people of Ayodhya weeping in the background, 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\/3122","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\/3122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3324,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3122\/revisions\/3324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3122"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3122"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3122"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3122"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}