{"id":3828,"date":"2026-11-01T16:20:33","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kandar-alankaram-31\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T16:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:20:33","slug":"kandar-alankaram-31","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kandar-alankaram-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Kandar Alankaram 31 \u00b7 \u0baa\u0bca\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbe \u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0bb0\u0bc0\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b9e\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant me the home of your feet, redder than the lotus, so that I never again enter this hollow hut of a body! O guardian who hurled the shining spear through the Krauncha mountain, so that the sea boiled and Sura, standing as a mango tree, was hacked and flung down, gushing blood!<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[63],"author_poet":[69],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[70],"class_list":["post-3828","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","literary_category-bhakti","author_poet-arunagirinathar","work_title-kandar-alankaram"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"31","verse_sort":31,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbe \u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0bb0\u0bc0\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b9e\u0bcd\n\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\n\u0b95\u0bca\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd \u0b9f\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd \u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd\n\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0ba9\u0bc7.","english_translation":"Grant me the home of your feet, redder than the lotus, so that I never again enter this hollow hut of a body! O guardian who hurled the shining spear through the Krauncha mountain, so that the sea boiled and Sura, standing as a mango tree, was hacked and flung down, gushing blood!","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0baa\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf, \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd! \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf, \u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcc\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b8a\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5 \u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b8f\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0ba9\u0bc7!\n\n\u0bae\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd.\n\nA prayer for liberation, never to be born again.\n\nTransliteration: Pokkak kutilir pukuthaa vakaipunta reekaththinunj \/ Sekkas sivantha kazhalveetu thantharul sinthuventhu \/ Kokkuth tharipat teripat tuthirang kumukumenak \/ Kakkak kiriyuru vakkathir vael thotta kaavalanae.","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Pokkak kutilir pukuthaa vakaipunta reekaththinunj \/ Sekkas sivantha kazhalveetu thantharul sinthuventhu \/ Kokkuth tharipat teripat tuthirang kumukumenak \/ Kakkak kiriyuru vakkathir vael thotta kaavalanae.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd|a hollow, rotting hut, the body\n\u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd|lotus\n\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bc1|the home of the anklet-adorned feet\n\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1|the sea\n\u0b95\u0bca\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1|mango tree\n\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1|gushing\n\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf|mountain, Krauncha","meaning_ta":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf, \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd! \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf, \u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcc\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b8a\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5 \u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b8f\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0ba9\u0bc7!","meaning_en":"Grant me the home of your feet, redder than the lotus, so that I never again enter this hollow hut of a body! O guardian who hurled the shining spear through the Krauncha mountain, so that the sea boiled and Sura, standing as a mango tree, was hacked and flung down, gushing blood!","explanation_ta":"'\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bc1' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf. \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b93\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bc1. \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8.","explanation_en":"'Veedu', home, means liberation. Instead of the leaky hut of the body, the Lord's feet are the lasting home. The trust is that the spear which destroyed Sura will also destroy the cycle of births.","story_title_ta":"\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9. \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b8f\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bae\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bcd.","story_title_en":"The mango tree in the sea","story_en":"In the final battle, the defeated Surapadman turned into a vast mango tree standing in the middle of the sea, its branches hiding the world. Murugan hurled his spear, and it split the tree in two. One half became the peacock, his mount; the other became the rooster, his banner. He did not stop at destruction: he gave even his enemy a place beside him.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"Which habit traps you again and again?","image_prompt":"A golden spear streaking through a mountain and splitting a giant mango tree in a boiling sea, half turning into a peacock and half into a rooster, Murugan radiant on the shore, 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\/3828","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\/3828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3828"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3828"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3828"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3828"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}