{"id":3180,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-72\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-72","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-72\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 72 \u00b7 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After lightning comes rain.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3180","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"72","verse_sort":72,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8","english_translation":"After lightning comes rain.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\nRead the signs and you can foresee what follows.\n\nTransliteration: Minnukku ellaam pinnukku mazhai","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Minnukku ellaam pinnukku mazhai","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd|after every lightning flash\n\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1|close behind\n\u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8|comes rain","meaning_ta":"\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"After lightning comes rain.","explanation_ta":"\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b92\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\n\u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1: \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"Lightning, says Avvaiyar, is followed by rain. 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For fourteen years Bharata had waited at Nandigrama dressed as an ascetic, with Rama's sandals on the throne. He had vowed to enter fire if his brother did not return on the appointed day.\n\nOn the way back from Lanka, Rama sent Hanuman ahead. Hanuman went to Bharata with the news: 'Rama is returning victorious, with Sita and Lakshmana.' Bharata fainted with joy.\n\nThat news came like lightning, and close behind it Rama arrived in the Pushpaka chariot. 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