{"id":3139,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-31\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:10","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-31","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 31 \u00b7 \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gambling and wrangling bring pain.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3139","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"31","verse_sort":31,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","english_translation":"Gambling and wrangling bring pain.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\nThe game of dice in the Mahabharata sowed the seed of the great war.\n\nTransliteration: Soothum vaathum vaethanai seyyum","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Soothum vaathum vaethanai seyyum","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|gambling\n\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|and wrangling\n\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8|pain\n\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|bring","meaning_ta":"\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"Gambling and wrangling bring pain.","explanation_ta":"\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u201c\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bae\u0baf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9.\n\n\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bb2 \u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bc2\u0b95 \u0b8a\u0b9f\u0b95\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0ba9 \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf.","explanation_en":"Gambling and wrangling, says Avvaiyar, bring only pain. Gambling destroys wealth; wrangling destroys relationships. Both drag a person on with the illusion of 'just one more win'.\n\nToday gambling comes in many forms, and arguments run on endlessly online. Stepping away from both is the road to peace of mind.","story_title_ta":"\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b95\u0bcd\u0bb7 \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0b95\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bcd. \u201c\u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bcb\u0baa\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8; \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd. \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0bb4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd.\u201d\n\n\u201c\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd; \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd; \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bb5 \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0bb5\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0baa\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bae\u0baf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9; \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9.\u201d\n\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbe \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1: \u201c\u0baa\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc7; \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0bb4\u0bc1; \u0b89\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd.\u201d \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc1.","story_title_en":"The Gambler's Lament","story_en":"From the Gambler's Hymn of the Rig Veda. It is a lament sung by a gambler himself. 'My wife never quarrelled with me; she was kind to me and my friends. Yet for a single throw of the dice I lost that devoted wife.'\n\n'My mother-in-law hates me, my wife pushes me away, and no one helps a man in trouble. I am worth no more than an old horse. The dice lure like honey, and then they bite.'\n\nAt the end of the hymn comes the counsel of the god Savitr: 'Do not play with dice. Plough your field. Delight in the wealth that labour brings and value it.' A thousand years before Avvaiyar, the Veda said the same thing.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bcb \u0baa\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bcb \u201c\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Is there a habit that pulls your time or money with 'just one more time'?","image_prompt":"A downcast man sitting alone beside scattered dice on a cloth at dusk, his family turning away from a doorway behind him, and in the distance a farmer ploughing a green field under the rising sun, 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\/3139","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\/3139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3341,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3139\/revisions\/3341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}