{"id":4455,"date":"2026-11-03T07:07:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T07:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/naladiyar-320\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T07:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T07:07:59","slug":"naladiyar-320","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/naladiyar-320\/","title":{"rendered":"Naladiyar 320 \u00b7 \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0bb0\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\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-4455","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-samana-munivargal","work_title-naladiyar"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"320","verse_sort":320,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b87\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe \u0bb0\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\n\u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b99\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcb? - \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\n\u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\n\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd.","english_translation":"Let a man born outside a good house study any number of books \u2014 do they become anything more than tools for guarding other men's words? And those who never settle the meaning of books spoken by the wise of good families do not even know their own shallowness.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcb? \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.\n\nTransliteration: Irpirap pillaa renaiththunool karpinum \/ Sorpiraraik kaakkung karuviyaroa? - irpirantha \/ Nallari vaalar navinranool thaerraathaar \/ Pullarivu thaamariva thil.","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Irpirap pillaa renaiththunool karpinum \/ Sorpiraraik kaakkung karuviyaroa? - irpirantha \/ Nallari vaalar navinranool thaerraathaar \/ Pullarivu thaamariva thil.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b87\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd|those without good birth\n\u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|however many books they learn\n\u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd|guarding the words of others\n\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcb|are they mere tools\n\u0b87\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd|the wise born of good houses\n\u0ba8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd|the books they spoke\n\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd|those who settle them not\n\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd|they know not their own shallowness","meaning_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcb? \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.","meaning_en":"Let a man born outside a good house study any number of books \u2014 do they become anything more than tools for guarding other men's words? And those who never settle the meaning of books spoken by the wise of good families do not even know their own shallowness.","explanation_ta":"\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9. \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1: \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb2 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u2014 \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1: \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8. \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1; \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0baa\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf \u2014 \u0b85\u0b9f\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8, \u0b85\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bc1. \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd; \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"Both halves make one point in two ways. First birth and household: however many books a man without a good upbringing studies, they stay a tool for carrying other people's words \u2014 the learning never takes root in him.\n\nThen the turn: whoever does not settle the meaning of books spoken by the wise does not even know his own shallowness. Not knowing is one thing; not knowing that you do not know is worse. Good birth here is not blood but what a home trains into a person \u2014 restraint, honesty, measure. Learning without that training carries other men's words and never sees itself.","story_title_ta":"","story_ta":"","story_title_en":"","story_en":"","reflection_ta":"\u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f, \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8.","reflection_en":"Worse than not knowing is not knowing that you do not know.","image_prompt":"Traditional South Indian temple-mural style painting, warm ochre, indigo and leaf-green palette, fine line work, set in ancient Tamil country: Let a man born outside a good house study any number of books \u2014 do they become anything more than tools for guarding other men's words? 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