{"id":3195,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-87\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-87","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-87\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 87 \u00b7 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pure in heart have no thought of theft.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3195","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"87","verse_sort":87,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8","english_translation":"The pure in heart have no thought of theft.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.\n\n\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0baf \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\nThe pure-hearted know nothing of guile.\n\nTransliteration: Vellaikku illai kallas sinthai","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Vellaikku illai kallas sinthai","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1|for the pure in heart\n\u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8|there is no\n\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8|thought of theft","meaning_ta":"\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.","meaning_en":"The pure in heart have no thought of theft.","explanation_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0baf \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u201c\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc8\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf \u0bae\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.\n\n\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2; \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"The pure in heart, says Avvaiyar, have no thought of theft. Vellai, 'white', means a heart without guile. 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Two sage brothers, Shankha and Likhita, lived in separate hermitages. One day Likhita came to his elder brother's hermitage while Shankha was away. Being hungry, he picked a few fruits from a tree there and ate them.\n\nWhen Shankha returned, he said, 'Taking without permission is theft. Go to the king and receive your punishment.' Likhita went at once to King Sudyumna, confessed and asked to be punished. Though the king offered to pardon him, he insisted, and his hands were cut off as the penalty for theft.\n\nLater, at his brother's word, he bathed in the river and his hands grew back. 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