{"id":4141,"date":"2026-11-03T07:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T07:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/naladiyar-6\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T07:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:36:42","slug":"naladiyar-6","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/naladiyar-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Naladiyar 6 \u00b7 \u0b87\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbe \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0b87\u0b95\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[79],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[78],"class_list":["post-4141","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-samana-munivargal","work_title-naladiyar"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"6","verse_sort":6,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b87\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbe \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0b87\u0b95\u0bcd\n\u0b95\u0bc2\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b88\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 - \u0b86\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0baa\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\n\u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","english_translation":"The days allotted to each life will not go past their limit, and no one here has ever slipped past Death and escaped. You who have stored up great wealth, give it away now, for tomorrow the funeral drum may sound: tazh\u012bm, tazh\u012bm, ta\u1e47\u1e47am.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b8e\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc7, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd; \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 '\u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd (\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1): \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0b87\u0b95\u0bcd \u2192 \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0b87\u0b95\u0bcd\n\nTransliteration: Izhaiththanaal ellai ikavaa pizhaiththoreeik \/ Koorram kuthiththuynthaar eengkillai - aarrap \/ Perumporul vaiththeer, vazhangkumin, naalaith \/ Thazheeim thazheeim thannam patum.","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Izhaiththanaal ellai ikavaa pizhaiththoreeik \/ Koorram kuthiththuynthaar eengkillai - aarrap \/ Perumporul vaiththeer, vazhangkumin, naalaith \/ Thazheeim thazheeim thannam patum.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b87\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd|the days allotted\n\u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbe|do not pass their limit\n\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0b87|escaping and slipping away\n\u0b95\u0bc2\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd|those who leapt past Death\n\u0b86\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd|very great wealth\n\u0bb5\u0bb4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd|give it away\n\u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd|the beat of the funeral drum\n\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|will sound","meaning_ta":"\u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b8e\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc7, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd; \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 '\u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"The days allotted to each life will not go past their limit, and no one here has ever slipped past Death and escaped. You who have stored up great wealth, give it away now, for tomorrow the funeral drum may sound: tazh\u012bm, tazh\u012bm, ta\u1e47\u1e47am.","explanation_ta":"'\u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc0\u0b87\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf. \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"'Tazh\u012bm tazh\u012bm ta\u1e47\u1e47am' imitates the beat of the funeral drum; the verse makes us hear it.\n\nOur days are already numbered and will not be stretched. Wealth not given away will simply pass into other hands.","story_title_ta":"\u0ba8\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bb8\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bc1","story_ta":"\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcb\u0baa\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0ba8\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bb8\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b8f\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, '\u0b87\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd?' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bcb\u0baa\u0bae\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b8e\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0baf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8; \u0bae\u0bc2\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0bae\u0bc2\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b95, '\u0b87\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0b86\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd?' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc7\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b8e\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd, \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc7\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd.","story_title_en":"The Question Nachiketa Asked Death","story_en":"From the Katha Upanishad. The boy Nachiketa saw his father give away old, worn-out cows as a gift and asked, 'Where do those who give such things go?' Angered, his father gave the boy himself to Yama.\n\nWhen he reached the house of death, Nachiketa was not afraid. He waited and asked for three boons. The third was the great question: what becomes of a person after death? Yama, who counts out every life, was pressed into answering a child's question.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1.","reflection_en":"Give today, before tomorrow's drum.","image_prompt":"Traditional South Indian temple-mural style painting, warm ochre, indigo and leaf-green palette, fine line work, set in ancient Tamil country: The days allotted to each life will not go past their limit, and no one here has ever slipped past Death and escaped. 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