{"id":431,"date":"2026-10-26T03:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/?post_type=verse&#038;p=431"},"modified":"2026-10-30T07:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:54:00","slug":"kural-229","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kural-229\/","title":{"rendered":"Kural 229 \u00b7 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0baf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0baf<br \/>\n\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb2\u0bcd.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is certainly more painful than begging when those whose stores are full eat alone by 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alone.","word_meanings":"\u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd | than begging\n\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 | more painful\n\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 | certainly\n\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0baf | those whose store is full\n\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc7 | by themselves\n\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb2\u0bcd | eating alone","meaning_ta":"\u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 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\u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bcb\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bbe \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9.","explanation_en":"This verse is among the sternest condemnations in the chapter on giving. We know how painful it is to live by begging; Valluvar discusses the shame of begging at length in the chapter on dread of begging. Yet here he names something harsher: a person full of means eating alone without giving to others. Why is this worse than begging?\n\nThe beggar suffers because of his poverty; he has done no wrong. But the one who eats alone loses his humanity by his own choice. He knows of hungry faces and ignores them. His suffering is within; even if no one knows, his conscience stings him. And though his store is full, in solitude he loses even the taste. Food gives full joy only when shared.\n\nThe Vedic tradition says this very clearly. The Rig Veda (10.117.6) says that he who eats alone, eats sin alone. The Bhagavad Gita (3:13) says those who cook only for themselves eat sin. Valluvar's voice joins this tradition. This is why in our homes the custom is that if a hungry person comes, he is served first.\n\nValluvar's phrase 'thaame thamiyar' stresses selfhood twice, 'themselves' and 'alone'. It is the combination of selfishness and solitude that he abhors. Customs such as the mother eating after feeding her child, or the elder of the house eating after the whole family has eaten, run opposite to it, and are honoured in our tradition.\n\nEveryone knows how sharing a meal brings more joy than eating alone. 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'\u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1.","story_title_en":"The Rich Man Who Ate Alone","story_en":"This is an imagined story. In the city of Madurai there lived a great merchant named Kuberan. Tasty food was cooked in his house every day, but he never invited anyone. He shut his front door and sat alone in an inner room to eat. If someone outside called \"Sir, I am hungry,\" he acted deaf.\n\nOne noon a sadhu stood at his door and called, \"Mother, a handful of rice.\" The maid came and said, \"The master eats alone, he lets no one in.\" The sadhu waited with a smile. When he finished eating Kuberan came out, annoyed at seeing him. \"Go away, there is nothing here,\" he said.\n\nThe sadhu said calmly, \"My son, the beggar suffers, but he takes no one's food. Your suffering is greater. The Veda says he who eats alone eats sin alone.\" Kuberan went in angrily. But that night he could not sleep. The sadhu's face and words pierced his mind.\n\nSome days later Kuberan fell ill. He had pain in the stomach and could not eat. No one sat beside him to comfort him. Relatives who came, came for money. Then he thought, \"I never once ate with anyone. So today there is no one to eat with me.\"\n\nWhen he recovered he opened a free feeding hall at his doorstep. On the first day he invited the same sadhu and laid the first leaf for him. He understood the truth of the verse: eating alone is more painful than begging.","reflection_ta":"\u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"When I have plenty, who sits at my table besides me?","image_prompt":"A wealthy merchant in an ornate room eating alone behind a half-closed carved door while a wandering sadhu with a staff waits outside at the threshold in the sun, Madurai-style pillared house, brass vessels, contrast of shadow inside and warm light outside, 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\/431","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\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/431\/revisions\/2391"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}