{"id":3166,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-58\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:10","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-58","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-58\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 58 \u00b7 \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The true vow is not to kill and eat.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3166","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"58","verse_sort":58,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0ba8\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8","english_translation":"The true vow is not to kill and eat.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1.\n\n\u0b85\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0baf \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bc1.\n\nOur tradition holds ahimsa, non-harming, to be the highest vow.\n\nTransliteration: Noanpu enpathuvae konru thinnaamai","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Noanpu enpathuvae konru thinnaamai","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0ba8\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7|the true vow is this\n\u0b95\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1|killing\n\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8|and not eating","meaning_ta":"\u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1.","meaning_en":"The true vow is not to kill and eat.","explanation_ta":"\u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb9\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc8. \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8.\n\n\u201c\u0b95\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bc2\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u201d (260) \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"The true vow, says Avvaiyar, is not to kill and eat living beings. Of all vows, non-violence is the highest. Its root is feeling the pain of other beings as one's own.\n\nThiruvalluvar praises it too: all living beings fold their hands in worship before one who neither kills nor eats flesh (Kural 260).","story_title_ta":"\u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb9\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0ba9 \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0bb7\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1: \u201c\u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0b85\u0bb1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1?\u201d\n\n\u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd: \u201c\u0b85\u0bb9\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8. \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc7.\u201d\n\n\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bb9\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.","story_title_en":"Bhishma's Teaching on Non-Violence","story_en":"From the Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva. After the Kurukshetra war, Yudhishthira asked Bhishma, lying on his bed of arrows, about the subtleties of dharma. One question was: 'What is the highest of all virtues?'\n\nBhishma replied: 'Non-violence is the highest dharma; it is the highest austerity and the highest gift. One who seeks to fatten his own flesh with the flesh of others finds peace nowhere. To every creature, its own life is dear.'\n\nComing from a warrior who had spent his life on the battlefield, this teaching makes the value of non-violence all the deeper.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0b9f \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9?","reflection_en":"What small change in your daily life could reduce harm to other living beings?","image_prompt":"The aged Bhishma lying on a bed of arrows at sunset on the battlefield, speaking to Yudhishthira and the Pandavas seated around him, deer and birds approaching peacefully nearby, 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\/3166","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\/3166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3368,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3166\/revisions\/3368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3166"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3166"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3166"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3166"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}