{"id":3191,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-83\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-83","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 83 \u00b7 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who do not welcome guests lack proper conduct.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3191","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"83","verse_sort":83,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd","english_translation":"Those who do not welcome guests lack proper conduct.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.\n\n\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf.\n\nHospitality is the lifeblood of household life.\n\nTransliteration: Virunthiloarkku illai porunthiya ozhukkam","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Virunthiloarkku illai porunthiya ozhukkam","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1|for those who do not welcome guests\n\u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8|there is no\n\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd|proper conduct","meaning_ta":"\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.","meaning_en":"Those who do not welcome guests lack proper conduct.","explanation_ta":"\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0baa\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0baf\u0bae\u0bcd. \u201c\u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bcb \u0baa\u0bb5\u201d, \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0baa\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb7\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8; \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"Those who do not welcome guests, says Avvaiyar, lack proper conduct. Hospitality is the heart of our culture. 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Searching for Rama, Bharata reached the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja with his great army and the people of Ayodhya. He hesitated, wondering what a sage's small hermitage could do for so many.\n\nBharadvaja invited them all to a feast. By the power of his austerity he summoned the gods and Vishwakarma. That night palaces appeared in the forest, with tables laden with food, music and dancing. Everyone, from soldiers to elephants, ate to their heart's content.\n\nBy morning it had all vanished, but the hospitality lived on in memory. Even a simple sage honoured his guests with everything he had.","reflection_ta":"\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0baa\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"When did you last invite someone home and look after them as a guest?","image_prompt":"A magical forest feast at night near a sage's hermitage, glowing pavilions and tables of food among the trees, soldiers and townsfolk dining joyfully, the sage Bharadvaja welcoming Bharata with open arms, 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\/3191","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\/3191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3393,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3191\/revisions\/3393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}