{"id":313,"date":"2026-10-30T07:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/?post_type=verse&#038;p=313"},"modified":"2026-10-30T07:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:53:46","slug":"kural-111","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kural-111\/","title":{"rendered":"Kural 111 \u00b7 \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bb5\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bb5\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If one can act on the side of justice according to each one&#8217;s due, the quality called worthiness is indeed good.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[31],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-313","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","kural_section-illaraviyal","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-thiruvalluvar","work_title-thirukkural"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd 111","verse_sort":111,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bb5\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":81,"transliteration":"Thakudhi Enavondru Nandre Pakudhiyaal \/ Paarpattu Ozhukap Perin","couplet_en":"The just and the fair that giveth each man his due whether he is friend or foe, that is the good: nought else.","word_meanings":"\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bb5\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 | the one thing called worth\n\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 | is good indeed\n\u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd | by each one's due share\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 | being on the side of what is right\n\u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd | if one is able to conduct oneself","meaning_ta":"\u0ba8\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 \u0b86\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"If one can act on the side of justice according to each one's due, the quality called worthiness is indeed good.","explanation_ta":"'\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd. 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Valluvar says it is good perhaps also because it is hard to reach. 'Pagudhiyaal paarpattu' is to know each one's due share and to act standing on the side of justice.\n\nWhen justice is asked, our mind is pulled in many ways: kinship, friendship, money, fear. To rise above all these and give each what is his is impartiality. Even the enemy is included. The enemy too has his due.\n\nThe special strength of the verse is that it states impartiality not as a cool feeling but as a discipline of action. 'Ozhugap perin' means if one is able to conduct oneself. Thinking is not enough; it must show in practice.\n\nCommentators divide 'pagudhiyaal paarpattu' in different ways. Some take it as acting not by the divisions of enemy, friend or stranger. Others take it as according to each one's merit and deed. In both, being unbiased is chief.\n\nImpartiality does not mean giving everyone the same amount. Food for a child and wages for a worker may differ in measure. But the reason must be rightful claim, not like or dislike.\n\nIn the Hindu tradition Rama is the best example. Ravana was a cruel enemy who had abducted his wife; yet at his death Rama's heart softened and he told Vibhishana to perform Ravana's last rites properly.\n\nWe too can ask whether we can act justly toward our enemies. Not denying them what is due is the first step. 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Ravana died on the battlefield by Rama's arrow. The vanaras shouted in victory. Rama stood quiet.\nRavana's wife Mandodari and the other women of Lanka wept around his body. Vibhishana stood shaken at the sight of his brother's body. He hesitated to perform the last rites. For Ravana had done cruel deeds, abducted other men's wives, and driven out his own brother.\n\nRama spoke to Vibhishana. Valmiki puts into his mouth words to this effect: \"Enmity ends with death; our purpose is fulfilled. He is as much mine now as he is yours. So perform his last rites.\"\n\nThat saying, 'maranantani vairani', enmities end with death, is still honoured as a classic of impartiality. Though Ravana was an enemy, Rama's view was that due respect should be given to him.\n\nRama showed both faces of justice here. In battle he opposed Ravana, because that was dharma. At the end he honoured him, because that too was dharma. In both, his mind stood free of bias.\n\nThis fits verse 111. 'Pagudhiyaal paarpattu' is each one's due share. Ravana's share was not only punishment but respect after death.\n\nVibhishana changed his mind on hearing this. He performed his brother's rites. Rama, seeing it, was satisfied.\n\nIn our own lives too we should give up carrying a quarrel after it has ended. Shaking hands with the opposing team after a match, respecting the other side after a case, are Rama's way.\n\nImpartiality is not only toward friends; it is not losing humanity toward enemies. This is what the story tells us.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Is there someone I dislike to whom I am still bound to give what is rightly theirs?","image_prompt":"Rama with bow lowered standing beside Vibhishana near Ravana's fallen body on the battlefield at dusk, Mandodari weeping, vanaras with heads bowed in the distance, Lanka's golden towers behind, palm-leaf style with lotus border. 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