{"id":3170,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-62\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-62","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-62\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 62 \u00b7 \u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One raised on mother&#8217;s milk can bear heavy burdens.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3170","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"62","verse_sort":62,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","english_translation":"One raised on mother's milk can bear heavy burdens.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd; \u0b87\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b8a\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\nPeeram is mother's milk; good nourishment in infancy gives lifelong strength.\n\nTransliteration: Peeram paeni paaram thaangkum","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Peeram paeni paaram thaangkum","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bbf|nurtured on mother's milk\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|one can bear heavy burdens","meaning_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"One raised on mother's milk can bear heavy burdens.","explanation_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2, \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb5\u0bc1, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"A child raised on its mother's milk, says Avvaiyar, grows strong enough to bear life's heavy burdens. 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At Sirkazhi, Sivapada Hrudayar left his three-year-old son on the bank of the temple tank and went to bathe. Unable to see his father, the child looked up at the temple tower and cried, 'Mother! Father!'\n\nMoved by his cry, Uma appeared with Shiva and fed him the milk of wisdom from a golden cup. When the father returned and saw milk on the child's lips, he angrily asked who had given it. The child pointed to the sky and sang his first hymn, beginning 'Thodudaya seviyan', 'He who wears an earring'.\n\nTradition says that by the strength of that milk of wisdom, Sambandar travelled across the Tamil land as a child and sang sixteen thousand hymns. The strength a mother's milk gave him carried a great mission.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"What is the greatest strength your mother's love has given you?","image_prompt":"Goddess Parvati descending with Shiva to feed a crying three-year-old child from a golden cup beside a temple tank at Sirkazhi, the temple tower rising behind, morning light, 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\/3170","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\/3170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3372,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3170\/revisions\/3372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3170"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3170"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3170"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3170"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}