{"id":3190,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-82\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-82","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 82 \u00b7 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When rain fails, charity shrinks.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3190","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"82","verse_sort":82,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","english_translation":"When rain fails, charity shrinks.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\nRain brings plenty, and plenty makes giving possible.\n\nTransliteration: Vaanam surungkin thaanam surungkum","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Vaanam surungkin thaanam surungkum","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd|if the sky holds back its rain\n\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd|charity\n\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|shrinks","meaning_ta":"\u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"When rain fails, charity shrinks.","explanation_ta":"\u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bc2\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bc8.\n\n\u201c\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u201d (19) \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"When rain fails, says Avvaiyar, charity shrinks. Without a harvest, even those who wish to give have nothing to give. The health of nature and the dharma of society are bound together.\n\nThiruvalluvar says the same: if the sky withholds its rain, neither charity nor austerity will remain in this wide world (Kural 19). 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While Appar and Sambandar were staying at Thiruveezhimizhalai, a severe famine struck the land. The rains failed, the fields dried up and the devotees wasted with hunger.\n\nThe two saints prayed to the Lord. He appeared to them in a dream and said, 'Every day we will place a gold coin for each of you on the temple step.' And so, every day, a coin was found there. With it they fed all the devotees.\n\nThe feeding continued until the famine ended. Though the sky held back, by the Lord's grace their giving did not shrink.","reflection_ta":"\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bc2\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bb0 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"What could you do to keep giving alive in your community during hard times?","image_prompt":"The saints Appar and Sambandar at a temple step finding glowing gold coins at dawn, a long line of hungry devotees being served food nearby under a parched, cloudless sky, 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\/3190","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\/3190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3392,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3190\/revisions\/3392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3190"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3190"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3190"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3190"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}