{"id":3896,"date":"2026-11-01T16:41:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/kandar-alankaram-99\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T16:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T16:41:42","slug":"kandar-alankaram-99","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kandar-alankaram-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Kandar Alankaram 99 \u00b7 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bae\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join me to your feet, like the blue water lily and the lotus, and protect me, O rider of the noble plumed peacock! Like a lone creeper with no stake to cling to and climb, with no support at all, my sinful, lonely mind sways, withers and trembles.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[63],"author_poet":[69],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[70],"class_list":["post-3896","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","literary_category-bhakti","author_poet-arunagirinathar","work_title-kandar-alankaram"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"99","verse_sort":99,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bae\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\n\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bae\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0ba9 \u0ba9\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\n\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf \u0bae\u0ba9\u0ba8\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc7.","english_translation":"Join me to your feet, like the blue water lily and the lotus, and protect me, O rider of the noble plumed peacock! Like a lone creeper with no stake to cling to and climb, with no support at all, my sinful, lonely mind sways, withers and trembles.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bc7! \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bb0 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2, \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf, \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\nA mind like a creeper with nothing to cling to.\n\nTransliteration: Kaavik kamalak kazhalutan saerththenaik kaaththarulaay \/ Thoovik kulamayil vaakana naethunai yaethuminrith \/ Thaavip patarak kozhukom pilaatha thanikkotipoal \/ Paavith thani manan thallaati vaatip pathaikkinrathae.","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Kaavik kamalak kazhalutan saerththenaik kaaththarulaay \/ Thoovik kulamayil vaakana naethunai yaethuminrith \/ Thaavip patarak kozhukom pilaatha thanikkotipoal \/ Paavith thani manan thallaati vaatip pathaikkinrathae.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf|blue water lily\n\u0b95\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd|lotus\n\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bb2\u0bcd|feet\n\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bae\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd|the noble plumed peacock\n\u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1|a supporting stake\n\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bbf|lone creeper\n\u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf|swaying and withering\n\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1|trembles","meaning_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bc7! \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bb0 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2, \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf, \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.","meaning_en":"Join me to your feet, like the blue water lily and the lotus, and protect me, O rider of the noble plumed peacock! Like a lone creeper with no stake to cling to and climb, with no support at all, my sinful, lonely mind sways, withers and trembles.","explanation_ta":"\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7; \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"A creeper cannot stand on its own; it needs a stake. So does the mind; without support it sways. The Lord's feet are that stake.","story_title_ta":"\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bbf","story_ta":"\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc8. \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \"\u0b85\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bbe?\" \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b8f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd. \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd; \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd, \"\u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\" \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bcd; \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd.","story_title_en":"The garland she wore first","story_en":"Kodhai was the baby Periyalvar found in the tulasi garden at Srivilliputhur. She would first wear the garland made for the Lord, look in the mirror and long, 'Am I fit for Ranganatha?' One day her father saw it and was distressed; but that night the Lord said, 'I want only the garland she has worn.' She was a creeper that clung to Ranganatha as her support, and at last she merged with him at Srirangam.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"What does your mind cling to as its support?","image_prompt":"A slender flowering creeper swaying alone in the wind reaching toward glowing lotus feet of Murugan on a peacock, which become its support, 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\/3896","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\/3896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3896"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3896"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3896"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3896"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}