{"id":3568,"date":"2026-11-01T06:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kalavazhi-narpathu-9\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T06:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:24:35","slug":"kalavazhi-narpathu-9","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kalavazhi-narpathu-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalavazhi Narpathu 9 \u00b7 \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foot soldiers closed in on the warriors mounted above them and cut them down, and the severed legs with their warrior anklets looked like blue sharks leaping in a dark sea.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[58],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[59],"class_list":["post-3568","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-poigaiyar","work_title-kalavazhi-narpathu"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"9","verse_sort":9,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\n\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bcb \u0b9f\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe \u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\n\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb2\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b95\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1","english_translation":"Foot soldiers closed in on the warriors mounted above them and cut them down, and the severed legs with their warrior anklets looked like blue sharks leaping in a dark sea.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc8, \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f, \u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb2\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9.\n\n\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd.\n\nA verse showing how war erases the distinction of high and low.\n\nTransliteration: Maeloaraik keezhoar kurukik kuraiththitta \/ Kaalaarsoa tarra kazharkaa lirungkatalul \/ Neelas suraappirazhva poanra punanaatan \/ Naeraarai yatta kalaththu","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Maeloaraik keezhoar kurukik kuraiththitta \/ Kaalaarsoa tarra kazharkaa lirungkatalul \/ Neelas suraappirazhva poanra punanaatan \/ Naeraarai yatta kalaththu","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bc8|those above (mounted warriors)\n\u0b95\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd|those below (foot soldiers)\n\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f|closing in and cutting down\n\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b86\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1|severed, with their footgear\n\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd|legs with warrior anklets\n\u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd|in the dark sea\n\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb2\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbe|blue sharks\n\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1|like (sharks) leaping\n\u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd|lord of the river land\n\u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc8|those who would not submit, foes\n\u0b85\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b95\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1|on the field where he slew them","meaning_ta":"\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc8, \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f, \u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb2\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9.","meaning_en":"Foot soldiers closed in on the warriors mounted above them and cut them down, and the severed legs with their warrior anklets looked like blue sharks leaping in a dark sea.","explanation_ta":"\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc8, \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd. '\u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd', '\u0b95\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9. \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\n\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb2\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9e\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bc6\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b8e\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"Foot soldiers close in and cut down the warriors who fight from elephants and horses. The words 'those above' and 'those below' mark both height and status. On the battlefield that difference vanishes, and the high fall too.\n\nThe poet shows legs wearing warrior anklets leaping like blue sharks in a sea of blood. There is also a warning here: those who stand high must not grow careless, trusting in their safety.","story_title_ta":"\u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf","story_ta":"\u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b95\u0bcc\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd; \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0b95\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0baf\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0ba9\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1, \"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1?\" \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.\n\n\u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd: \"\u0baa\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0baf\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b9c\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\"\n\n\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b9c\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b9c\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9; 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As commander of the Kaurava army Bhishma fought for nine days, and the Pandava army could not stand before him. By a boon from his father Shantanu, death could not come to him unless he chose it. Troubled, Yudhishthira went with Krishna to Bhishma's own tent at night and humbly asked, \"How can you be overcome?\"\n\nBhishma himself told them the way: \"I will not raise a weapon against Shikhandi, who was born a woman and later became a man. Let Arjuna attack me with Shikhandi in front.\"\n\nOn the tenth day Shikhandi stood before Arjuna's chariot, and Bhishma lowered his bow. Arjuna's arrows pierced his whole body until not a finger's breadth was left. As the sun set, Bhishma slid from his chariot, but his body did not touch the ground; the arrows became his bed. He resolved not to die until the sun's northward course began, and waited on that bed of arrows.\n\nThe fighting stopped. Warriors of both armies laid down their weapons and gathered round him in reverence. When he asked for a pillow, Arjuna made one with three arrows; when he thirsted, Arjuna split the ground with an arrow and brought up the waters of the Ganga.\n\nBhishma's fall is the loftiest and most moving form of this verse's field, where even those who stand highest fall.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe? \u0baa\u0bc0\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd.","reflection_en":"Can you see something worthy of respect even in an opponent? Think about why both armies bowed to Bhishma.","image_prompt":"The aged warrior Bhishma lying on a bed of arrows at sunset with Arjuna kneeling to give him water rising from the earth, warriors of both armies standing around with weapons lowered, 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\/3568","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3568"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3568"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3568"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3568"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}