{"id":420,"date":"2026-10-26T03:37:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/?post_type=verse&#038;p=420"},"modified":"2026-10-30T07:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:53:58","slug":"kural-218","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kural-218\/","title":{"rendered":"Kural 218 \u00b7 \u0b87\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0b87\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf \u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those whose clear vision knows their duty do not falter in oppuravu even in times of want.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[31],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-420","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 218","verse_sort":218,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b87\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\n\u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf \u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":91,"transliteration":"Itanil Paruvaththum Oppuravirku Olkaar \/ Katanari Kaatchi Yavar","couplet_en":"Behold the men who know what is just and proper: they fail not to oblige others even when fallen on evil days.","word_meanings":"\u0b87\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd | without means, in times of want\n\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd | even in the season\n\u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 | to oppuravu\n\u0b92\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | do not falter\n\u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf | who know their duty\n\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd | those of clear vision","meaning_ta":"\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0bb5\u0b9a\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"Those whose clear vision knows their duty do not falter in oppuravu even in times of want.","explanation_ta":"'\u0b87\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0b9a\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd. 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Helping when wealth is there is easy. But helping others when one has little oneself is hard. 'Kadanari kaatchiyavar' are those of clear understanding who know their duty. Valluvar says such persons do not 'olkaar', do not falter in oppuravu even in times of want.\n\nThis verse shows that the measure of wealth is unconnected with oppuravu. Oppuravu is a nature of the heart. One with that nature gives more when wealthy and less, but without fail, when poor. The amount he gives may change; the quality of giving does not.\n\nThe word 'kadan arithal' is very important. Here oppuravu is not a choice but a duty. Repaying what we received from the village is a debt. A debt paid only when convenient is not a debt; duty is to do what one can even when means are lacking. Valluvar praises those with that sense of duty as 'kaatchiyavar'.\n\nHelping in poverty is not only with goods. When one has no goods, one can comfort with words, help with bodily labour, give time, give good advice. All these are forms of oppuravu.\n\nIn our lives there is a habit of postponing: \"I don't have it now; I'll do it when means come.\" That is not wrong; but a mind that does what it can right now is very high.","story_title_ta":"\u0b87\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc8. \u0b9a\u0bcb\u0bb4 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd 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In Ilayankudi in the Chola country lived a farmer named Maranar. He was a devotee of Shiva and a man of great wealth. Feeding and honouring any devotee of Shiva who came he held to be the duty of his life. In his house there was always a gathering of devotees.\n\nIn the course of time his wealth began to decline. Yet he did not stop feeding devotees. He continued by borrowing and selling his possessions, and reached complete poverty. But his resolve, \"Even in poverty I will not abandon service to devotees\", did not diminish.\n\nOne night it rained heavily. At that time Lord Shiva came in the form of an aged devotee and stood at Maranar's doorstep. He was wet from the rain and hungry. Maranar welcomed him and seated him inside. But the house had no rice, no food, no firewood, no lamp.\n\nMaranar told his wife, \"The devotee waits hungry. What shall we do?\" His wife said, \"The paddy you sowed in the field today must have floated in the rainwater and gathered by the bund. Go and bring it.\" Maranar went in the dark and rain to the field and gathered the seed paddy. His wife roasted it into rice. With no way to get firewood, she pulled out the roof rafters of the house and burned them. She plucked greens from the garden and cooked.\n\nWhen the food was ready Maranar went to call the devotee. But the devotee was not there. Suddenly light spread in the sky. Lord Shiva appeared on his bull with Uma. \"Your devotion to my devotees does not diminish even in poverty,\" he said, and took Maranar and his wife into the shade of his feet.\n\nThe life of Maranar, who did not falter in oppuravu even when without wealth, is the best witness to the verse.","reflection_ta":"\u0bb5\u0b9a\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Even when my means are few, do I do what I can?","image_prompt":"A humble farmer couple in a dark rain-lashed hut, the husband holding a lamp and a basket of wet seed paddy, the wife cooking over burning roof-beams, Lord Shiva as an aged devotee seated inside and then revealed on his bull with Uma in golden light, thatched roof and rain, 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\/420","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\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/420\/revisions\/2379"}],"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=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}