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Self-restraint leads a person up among the gods, while lack of restraint pushes him into deep darkness.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[31],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-323","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","kural_section-illaraviyal","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-thiruvalluvar","work_title-thirukkural"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd 121","verse_sort":121,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b85\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8\n\u0b86\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":82,"transliteration":"Atakkam Amararul Uykkum Atangaamai \/ Aarirul Uyththu Vitum","couplet_en":"Self-control leadeth unto heaven, but uncontrolled passion is the royal road to endless darkness.","word_meanings":"\u0b85\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd | self-restraint, humility\n\u0b85\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd | among the immortals, the gods\n\u0b89\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd | will lead, carry one to\n\u0b85\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8 | lack of restraint\n\u0b86\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd | dense darkness\n\u0b89\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd | will push one into","meaning_ta":"\u0b85\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd; 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Amarar means the immortals, the gods. Some commentators take the verse to mean that the restrained person reaches the higher worlds after death. Others read it as saying that restraint raises one even in this life to a godlike dignity. Both readings suit Valluvar's thought, and both recall a tradition in which discipline of the senses is the road to a higher state.\n\nThe adjective he gives to darkness, aar, suggests thick and filling. Lack of restraint rarely begins as a grand fall. It starts with a small anger, a small greed, a small lie, and each repetition becomes habit until the habit becomes a darkness that is hard to leave. So restraint is not only a virtue for great occasions; it is a skill practised on ordinary days.\n\nWe can see the verse at work in everyday life. People who know their limits with food, money, time and speech tend to live at peace. Those who overstep find themselves in debt, illness or broken relationships. Each small decision to hold oneself back is a step toward the light, and each small indulgence beyond measure is a step into the dark. Valluvar's claim is not an abstract threat but a plain observation: the way we govern ourselves decides where we are headed.","story_title_ta":"\u0ba8\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd - \u0b8e\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcb\u0baa\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc8. \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0bb8\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bb8\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd 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The sage Vajashravasa gave away his possessions in a sacrifice. His young son Nachiketa saw that the gifts were poor and kept asking, \"Father, to whom will you give me?\" Annoyed, the father finally said, \"I give you to Death.\" To keep his father's word, Nachiketa went to the abode of Yama.\n\nYama was away. For three days and nights Nachiketa waited at the door without food. When Yama returned, he felt he had wronged a guest and offered three boons. For the first, the boy asked that his father's anger be calmed. For the second he asked to learn the sacred fire rite. For the third he asked what becomes of a person after death.\n\nYama hesitated. \"Even the gods have doubts about this. Ask for something else.\" He offered long-lived sons and grandsons, cattle, gold, vast lands, beautiful women, chariots and music. Nachiketa refused firmly. \"These things last only until tomorrow, and they wear down the power of the senses. Even the longest life is short. Keep your chariots and your music. I want only the boon I asked.\"\n\nHis restraint and steadiness pleased Yama. Yama explained that there are two paths, the pleasant and the good. The one who chooses the good rises, while the one who runs after the pleasant misses the goal. Then he taught Nachiketa the great truth that the self is not destroyed, and with that knowledge the boy crossed even the fear of death.\n\nA child who refused the glitter of desire received the highest wisdom. His life shows how self-restraint lifts a person from darkness toward light.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"Which small thing, if I dared to set it aside today, would move my life a step toward the light?","image_prompt":"The young boy Nachiketa seated before Yama, the lord of death, at a grand doorway, refusing a display of gold, chariots and musicians offered to him, Katha Upanishad scene, warm palm-leaf manuscript and Tanjore-painting inspired style, ivory, ochre, copper and deep teal palette, ornate gold border, no text or letters in the image."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/323","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\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/323\/revisions\/1580"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=323"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}