{"id":3840,"date":"2026-11-01T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kandar-alankaram-43\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:27:08","slug":"kandar-alankaram-43","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kandar-alankaram-43\/","title":{"rendered":"Kandar Alankaram 43 \u00b7 \u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0baa\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did I come to have hands that do not fold in loving praise of Murugan: the nephew of Rama who dammed the sea with monkeys; the son of Shiva who wears as ornament the serpent whose eyes serve as its ears; the one who hurled his battle spear till the world of the mighty demons roared and fell?<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[63],"author_poet":[69],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[70],"class_list":["post-3840","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","literary_category-bhakti","author_poet-arunagirinathar","work_title-kandar-alankaram"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"43","verse_sort":43,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0baa\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\n\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bcb\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd\n\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0baf\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b99\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bc7.","english_translation":"How did I come to have hands that do not fold in loving praise of Murugan: the nephew of Rama who dammed the sea with monkeys; the son of Shiva who wears as ornament the serpent whose eyes serve as its ears; the one who hurled his battle spear till the world of the mighty demons roared and fell?","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bc8; \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb2\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bc8; \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b8f\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9?\n\n\u0b95\u0bc2\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd; \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba3\u0bc8.\n\nA companion to the previous verse: grief over hands that will not fold.\n\nTransliteration: Kaviyaar katalataith thoan marukoanaik kanapanakkat \/ Seviyaar paniyani koamaan makanaith thiralarakkar \/ Puviyaarp pezhaththotta poarvaen murukanaip poarri yanpaar \/ Kuviyaak karangkal vanthengkae yenakkingngan kootiyavae.","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Kaviyaar katalataith thoan marukoanaik kanapanakkat \/ Seviyaar paniyani koamaan makanaith thiralarakkar \/ Puviyaarp pezhaththotta poarvaen murukanaip poarri yanpaar \/ Kuviyaak karangkal vanthengkae yenakkingngan kootiyavae.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf|monkeys\n\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd|he who dammed the sea, Rama\n\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb5\u0bbf|serpent, whose eyes are its ears\n\u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bcb\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd|the Lord adorned with snakes, Shiva\n\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd|the mighty demons\n\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd|hands that do not fold","meaning_ta":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bc8; 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the son of Shiva who wears as ornament the serpent whose eyes serve as its ears; the one who hurled his battle spear till the world of the mighty demons roared and fell?","explanation_ta":"\u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"The previous verse was about a head that will not bow; this one is about hands that will not fold. It echoes the Thevaram tradition that every limb not serving the Lord is wasted.","story_title_ta":"\u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bc8","story_ta":"\u0b87\u0bb2\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9. \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0bae\u0ba3\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba3\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9. \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc2\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0b95\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1.","story_title_en":"The squirrel's service","story_en":"As the monkeys carried great rocks to build the bridge to Lanka, a little squirrel kept dipping in the sea, rolling in the sand and shaking the sand off onto the bridge. The monkeys laughed. Rama lifted it lovingly and stroked its back; tradition says the three stripes squirrels bear today are the marks of his fingers. Even the service of tiny hands is dear to the Lord.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"What service could your hands offer the Lord today?","image_prompt":"Folded hands in prayer before Murugan with spear, in the background monkeys building a stone bridge across the sea and Shiva adorned with serpents, 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\/3840","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\/3840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3840"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3840"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3840"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3840"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}