{"id":3199,"date":"2026-10-31T17:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-91\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:11","slug":"kondrai-vendhan-91","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kondrai-vendhan-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Kondrai Vendhan 91 \u00b7 \u0b93\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without study there is neither understanding nor conduct.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[46],"class_list":["post-3199","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-kondrai-vendhan"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"91","verse_sort":91,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b93\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd","english_translation":"Without study there is neither understanding nor conduct.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.\n\n\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\nLearning gives both understanding and right conduct; the book closes on this note.\n\nTransliteration: Oathaathaarkku illai unarvotum ozhukkam","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Oathaathaarkku illai unarvotum ozhukkam","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b93\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1|for those who do not study\n\u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8|there is no\n\u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd|understanding, nor conduct","meaning_ta":"\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.","meaning_en":"Without study there is neither understanding nor conduct.","explanation_ta":"\u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8. \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf, \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u201c\u0b93\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd\u201d \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2; \u0b86\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9.","explanation_en":"Without study, says Avvaiyar, there is neither true understanding nor good conduct. The last line of Kondrai Vendhan closes the book with the importance of learning.\n\nOthal, study, is not only reading books; it is learning humbly from a teacher and reflecting on what one has learned. Learning gives understanding, and understanding gives conduct. 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A young man named Upakosala lived for twelve years as a student of the sage Satyakama Jabala, humbly tending his teacher's sacred fires. The other students finished their studies and went home, but the teacher had not yet taught Upakosala. Then the teacher went away on a journey.\n\nGrieving, Upakosala stopped eating. Seeing his humility and devotion, the sacred fires themselves taught him: 'Life is Brahman; joy is Brahman; space is Brahman.'\n\nWhen the teacher returned, he said, 'Your face shines like that of one who knows Brahman!' Then he taught him the full truth. For one who learned with humility and patience, understanding and conduct blossomed together.","reflection_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0b8e\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"How much time could you set aside this week to learn something new?","image_prompt":"A young student Upakosala tending three sacred fires in a forest hermitage at dawn, glowing forms rising from the flames as if speaking to him, his returning teacher Satyakama visible on the path, 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\/3199","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\/3199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3401,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3199\/revisions\/3401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3199"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3199"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3199"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3199"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}