{"id":422,"date":"2026-10-26T03:37:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/?post_type=verse&#038;p=422"},"modified":"2026-10-30T07:53:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:53:59","slug":"kural-220","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kural-220\/","title":{"rendered":"Kural 220 \u00b7 \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b83\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b83\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcb\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If ruin comes through oppuravu, that ruin is worth buying even by selling oneself.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[31],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-422","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 220","verse_sort":220,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0b83\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcb\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":91,"transliteration":"Oppuravi Naalvarum Ketenin Aqdhoruvan \/ Vitrukkol Thakka Thutaiththu","couplet_en":"If ruin cometh as a result of complaisance, it is worth courting even by selling one\u2019s own self into slavery.","word_meanings":"\u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd | through oppuravu\n\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd | if ruin comes\n\u0b85\u0b83\u0ba4\u0bc1 | that ruin\n\u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd | a person\n\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcb\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc1 | is worth buying even by selling oneself\n\u0b89\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 | it has","meaning_ta":"\u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc1.","meaning_en":"If ruin comes through oppuravu, that ruin is worth buying even by selling oneself.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd; \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb4\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1, \u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8, \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0bae\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. 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\u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"This is the last verse of the chapter, and it presents a very bold idea. If ruin, that is loss, poverty or suffering, comes to a man because of oppuravu, he should not accept it with regret; he should accept it with joy. Valluvar says such ruin is worth buying even by selling oneself. 'Vitrukkol' means to sell oneself into slavery and obtain it with that price.\n\nIn the previous nine verses he said oppuravu is good and gave its similes. In this verse he puts it to a test: what if oppuravu brings loss? May one hesitate in fear of the loss? No, he says. For oppuravu is not a profit calculation. It is a duty, an expression of love.\n\nCommentators give two kinds of explanations. One: the ruin that comes from oppuravu is not truly ruin but good that brings fame; therefore it may be obtained even by selling oneself. Two: even if it is ruin, anything may be given for it, because it is a high sacrifice. Both stress the loftiness of oppuravu.\n\nThe phrase 'even by selling oneself' may be taken as figure and also as fact. In history and Puranas there are kings and ascetics who sold themselves for oppuravu. They were not destroyed; they are remembered forever.\n\nWe too need this resolve. When loss comes in work for the public good, we need a mind that does not withdraw but accepts it and continues. That is the fullness of oppuravu.","story_title_ta":"\u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1","story_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bb5\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb8\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9 \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc8. \u0baa\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb0 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc2\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd; 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Yet the gods, having lost their place, appealed to Vishnu.\n\nVishnu incarnated as Vamana, a dwarf brahmin boy. When Bali was performing a great sacrifice and giving gifts, Vamana came there. Bali welcomed him and said, \"Ask what you want: cows, gold, villages, elephants?\" Vamana said, \"Three feet of land measured by my feet will suffice.\"\n\nThe asura preceptor Shukracharya recognised the truth and stopped Bali: \"He is no ordinary boy; he is Vishnu. He has come to take all you have. Do not give.\" But Bali said firmly, \"Having promised a gift I will not change. If Vishnu himself comes to ask, that is my fortune. To give with my hand outstretched to him is my honour. Even if I lose everything I have no regret.\"\n\nBali poured water and gave the gift. At once Vamana assumed a cosmic form. With one step he measured the earth; with the second the sky. There was no place for the third. When he asked, \"Where shall I place the third step?\" Bali bowed his head and said, \"Place it on my head.\" Vamana put his foot on his head and sent him to the netherworld.\n\nTo keep his word and gift, Bali gave everything, even himself. So though a loss like ruin came, his fame stayed undiminished. Mahabali is the true form of the verse: if ruin comes through oppuravu, it is worth buying even by selling oneself.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb4\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Do I have the resolve to continue doing good even when it will cost me?","image_prompt":"The dwarf Vamana towering as a cosmic form with one foot raised measuring the heavens, King Mahabali kneeling with head bowed offering his crown and hand with a water pot, Shukracharya warning aside, a sacrificial fire, flowers and Onam-style floral motifs, 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\/422","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\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/422\/revisions\/2381"}],"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=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}