{"id":3814,"date":"2026-11-01T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kandar-alankaram-17\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T16:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:13:56","slug":"kandar-alankaram-17","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kandar-alankaram-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Kandar Alankaram 17 \u00b7 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bbe \u0b95\u0bae\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0bb0 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0baf\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O mind, go now, taking refuge in the lotus feet of the beautiful spear-bearer praised by the Vedas and Agamas, feet adorned with vetchi flowers and anklets, and hide yourself in that open space where there is neither night nor day nor deceit, and simply be still. No element will ever know of it.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[63],"author_poet":[69],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[70],"class_list":["post-3814","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","literary_category-bhakti","author_poet-arunagirinathar","work_title-kandar-alankaram"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"17","verse_sort":17,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bbe \u0b95\u0bae\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0bb0 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0baf\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bcd\n\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0baf\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bbe \u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbf \u0bae\u0ba9 \u0bae\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf \u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc7.","english_translation":"O mind, go now, taking refuge in the lotus feet of the beautiful spear-bearer praised by the Vedas and Agamas, feet adorned with vetchi flowers and anklets, and hide yourself in that open space where there is neither night nor day nor deceit, and simply be still. No element will ever know of it.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0b95\u0bae\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf, \u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4, \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbe \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc7! \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0bae\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc2\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc8: \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbe \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1.\n\nAdvice to the mind: be still in the space beyond night and day.\n\nTransliteration: Vaethaa kamasithra vaelaa yuthanvetsi pooththathantaip \/ Paathaara vintha maranaaka allum pakalumillaas \/ Soothaana tharra velikkae yoliththussum maavirukkap \/ Poathaa yini mana maetheri yaathoru pootharkkumae.","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Vaethaa kamasithra vaelaa yuthanvetsi pooththathantaip \/ Paathaara vintha maranaaka allum pakalumillaas \/ Soothaana tharra velikkae yoliththussum maavirukkap \/ Poathaa yini mana maetheri yaathoru pootharkkumae.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bae|the Vedas and Agamas\n\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0bb0 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd|the Lord of the beautiful spear\n\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf|the vetchi (ixora) flower\n\u0b85\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd|refuge\n\u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe|without night or day\n\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bc1|deceit, trickery\n\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf|the open expanse, pure space\n\u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bcd|the elements, or beings","meaning_ta":"\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0b95\u0bae\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf, \u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4, \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbe \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc7! \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1.","meaning_en":"O mind, go now, taking refuge in the lotus feet of the beautiful spear-bearer praised by the Vedas and Agamas, feet adorned with vetchi flowers and anklets, and hide yourself in that open space where there is neither night nor day nor deceit, and simply be still. No element will ever know of it.","explanation_ta":"'\u0b87\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0b85\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd '\u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1' \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b90\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b86\u0ba9 \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe. \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb2 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd '\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbe \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b89\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"'The place without night or day' is the state where the mind no longer wanders among thoughts. There the mind 'hides'; the body and world made of the five elements cannot know it. It is another form of the teaching 'be still' that Arunagirinathar returns to again and again.","story_title_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bcc\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0b95\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b86\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b86\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9 \u0bae\u0bc2\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bcc\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd.","story_title_en":"Thirumoolar's silence","story_en":"The Periya Puranam says that a siddha who came south from Kailasa entered the body of Moolan, a cowherd who lay dead at Sathanur, and cared for his cows. Later he sat under a peepal tree at Thiruvavaduthurai in deep meditation. Tradition says he sang one verse a year, three thousand verses that became the Thirumandiram. In between, he rested in a silence that knew neither night nor day.","reflection_ta":"\u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b90\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Can you rest without thoughts for even five minutes a day?","image_prompt":"A yogi sitting in deep meditation in a vast luminous open space beyond sun and moon, golden lotus feet of Murugan with anklets and ixora flowers glowing above, 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\/3814","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\/3814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3814"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3814"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3814"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3814"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}