{"id":3895,"date":"2026-11-01T16:41:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kandar-alankaram-98\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T16:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:41:42","slug":"kandar-alankaram-98","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kandar-alankaram-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Kandar Alankaram 98 \u00b7 \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0bb2\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Kanda, Muruga of the spear! I see no refuge at all. Loving this false life that runs on like a river, my mind burns here, cursing again and again the fate that sent me out to stagger under this bundle of a body tied up with sinews.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[63],"author_poet":[69],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[70],"class_list":["post-3895","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","literary_category-bhakti","author_poet-arunagirinathar","work_title-kandar-alankaram"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"98","verse_sort":98,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0bb2\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\n\u0ba8\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0baa\u0bca\u0baf\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bca\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\n\u0baa\u0bca\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\n\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc7.","english_translation":"O Kanda, Muruga of the spear! I see no refuge at all. Loving this false life that runs on like a river, my mind burns here, cursing again and again the fate that sent me out to stagger under this bundle of a body tied up with sinews.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe, \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe! \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0ba8\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2 \u0b93\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0baf\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0ba8\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bcd.\n\nThe lament of a mind burning against fate.\n\nTransliteration: Kathithanai yonraiyung kaankinri laen kantha vaelmurukaa \/ Nathithanai yannapoy vaazhvilan paaynaram paarpothintha \/ Pothithanai yungkontu thintaatu maarenaip poathavitta \/ Vithithanai nonthunon thingkaeyen ranmanam vaekinrathae.","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Kathithanai yonraiyung kaankinri laen kantha vaelmurukaa \/ Nathithanai yannapoy vaazhvilan paaynaram paarpothintha \/ Pothithanai yungkontu thintaatu maarenaip poathavitta \/ Vithithanai nonthunon thingkaeyen ranmanam vaekinrathae.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bbf|refuge, goal\n\u0ba8\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9|like a river\n\u0baa\u0bca\u0baf\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1|false life\n\u0ba8\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0bca\u0ba4\u0bbf|bundle tied with sinews, the body\n\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1|to stagger\n\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbf|fate\n\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1|is burning","meaning_ta":"\u0b95\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe, \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe! \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0ba8\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2 \u0b93\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0baf\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0ba8\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bca\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.","meaning_en":"O Kanda, Muruga of the spear! I see no refuge at all. Loving this false life that runs on like a river, my mind burns here, cursing again and again the fate that sent me out to stagger under this bundle of a body tied up with sinews.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9e\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2; \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b95\u0ba3\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"This is not a sage's certainty but the honest lament of a suffering man. Arunagirinathar does not hide his dark moments. That honesty connects us to him; and even the lament is addressed to Murugan.","story_title_ta":"\u0baf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0b9a\u0bc8","story_ta":"\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf \u0b86\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd: \"\u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd \u0b8a\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd; \u0b86\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1.\" \u0bae\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b93\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.","story_title_en":"Yayati's desire","story_en":"By a sage's curse, King Yayati grew old while still young. He borrowed youth from his son Puru and enjoyed pleasures for a thousand years. At last he realised: 'Pouring ghee on fire does not put it out but makes it blaze more; desire too is never quenched by indulgence.' He returned his son's youth, went to the forest and did penance. In a life that runs on like a river, attachment never ends by itself.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"To whom do you pour out your heart in hard times?","image_prompt":"A weary traveller carrying a heavy bundle beside a rushing river at dusk, looking up toward a distant glowing Murugan with spear, sorrow touched by hope, 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\/3895","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\/3895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3895"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3895"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3895"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3895"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}