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The wealth of a man of great wisdom who loves the world is like the village tank filled with water.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[31],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-417","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","kural_section-illaraviyal","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-thiruvalluvar","work_title-thirukkural"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd 215","verse_sort":215,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":91,"transliteration":"Ooruni Neernirain Thatre Ulakavaam \/ Perari Vaalan Thiru","couplet_en":"Behold the village tank filled with water to its brim: like unto it is the prosperity of the wise man that loveth the world.","word_meanings":"\u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bbf | the village drinking-water tank\n\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7 | is like being full of water\n\u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd | that loves the world\n\u0baa\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0ba9\u0bcd | the man of great wisdom\n\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1 | wealth\n\u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd | water of the tank","meaning_ta":"\u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.","meaning_en":"The wealth of a man of great wisdom who loves the world is like the village tank filled with water.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bae\u0bc2\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b89\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1. 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'Oorurani' is the village tank or well that the villagers use for drinking water. 'Oorurani neer nirainthatre' means like that tank standing full of water. 'Ulagavaam perarivaalan thiru' is the wealth of a man of great wisdom who loves the world. So the wealth of a man of great wisdom is like a full tank from which everyone drinks.\n\nThe beauty of this simile lies in its simplicity. The village tank belongs to all. When it is full of water the whole village quenches thirst; cattle drink; fields are irrigated; birds bathe. The tank does not keep water for itself; it holds it for all. The wealth of a wise man is the same. It is not stored for himself; it serves the village.\n\nThe word 'perarivaalan' deserves notice. Not everyone who has wealth, but one who has wisdom. He has great wisdom about what is lasting, what helps others, and how using something makes the world grow. Without wisdom, wealth rots like stagnant water. With wisdom it runs like flowing water and serves as a village tank.\n\nMoreover a tank is useful only when full of water. If it dries up the whole village suffers. In the same way the wise man must keep growing his wealth by good means. Only if he grows it can he give to others. So oppuravu is not losing wealth but letting wealth flow for the good of the village.\n\nDesilting tanks and growing trees on the bund in our villages are the working form of this simile.","story_title_ta":"\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bcb\u0bb4\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bcb\u0bb4\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc8. \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf \u0b86\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bcb\u0bb4 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc2\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb2\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b86\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9.\n\n\u0b9a\u0bcb\u0bb4 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. 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'\u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc7' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1.","story_title_en":"Karikala Chola and the Grand Anicut","story_en":"This is the story of the Kallanai, the Grand Anicut, spoken of in Tamil tradition in connection with Karikala Chola. The river Kaveri begins in Karnataka, enriches the Chola country of Tamil Nadu and merges into the sea. But in the monsoon the Kaveri flooded and drowned villages, and much of that water mingled with the sea unused. In summer the river dried up and farmers suffered for water. Flood and drought afflicted the people by turns.\n\nThe Chola king Karikalan knew well this suffering of his people. Fame through mere victories did not satisfy him. He considered the well-being of his subjects without hunger as foremost. He realised Valluvar's word, 'the world cannot exist without water'. He decided to build a dam to manage the Kaveri's flood.\n\nBut whether a dam could stand on the sandy bed of the Kaveri was a great challenge. Many doubted that floods would wash away a dam built on sand. Karikalan's engineers found an innovative way. They stacked large stones one over another, joined them with clay and built a dam across the river. The stones sank into the sand and held fast. That Kallanai still stands today.\n\nThe dam checked the flood and divided the water into many branch canals to irrigate the fields. Dry lands turned green. The Chola country became famed as 'Chola valanadu soru udaithu', the Chola land rich in rice. The name of Karikalan, who built the Kallanai, is honoured today across centuries. Its benefit still reaches hundreds of thousands of farmers.\n\nAs the village tank gives water to all, the Kallanai gave water to a whole country. It is the witness to the glory of a king who put oppuravu into action. It is the great form of the verse: like the village tank filled with water.","reflection_ta":"\u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bc2\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd '\u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bbf' \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"What 'village tank' am I creating for my community?","image_prompt":"An ancient Chola king standing on the stone Kallanai dam across the wide Kaveri river overseeing water flowing into branch canals, paddy fields and coconut palms in green, engineers and workers stacking large stones, evening gold on the river, warm palm-leaf manuscript and Tanjore-painting inspired style, ivory, ochre, copper and deep teal palette, ornate gold border, no text or letters in the image."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/417","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/417\/revisions\/2376"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=417"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}