{"id":4474,"date":"2026-11-03T07:08:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T07:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/naladiyar-339\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T07:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T07:08:04","slug":"naladiyar-339","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/naladiyar-339\/","title":{"rendered":"Naladiyar 339 \u00b7 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\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-4474","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-samana-munivargal","work_title-naladiyar"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"339","verse_sort":339,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\n\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 - 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'\u0b86\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1; \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"The scene is an unequal bond. One draws near with longing; the other keeps saying 'we were never eager'. It is a rope pulled from one end only.\n\nNo gain, the verse says, can sweeten such a friendship. The trouble is not substance but fineness of nature \u2014 worth that has to be searched out and known. Where that is missing, no wealth makes the bond sweet. The taste of a friendship is not in what is given but in both hearts being equally willing.","story_title_ta":"","story_ta":"","story_title_en":"","story_en":"","reflection_ta":"\u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1.","reflection_en":"The taste of a friendship is not in the giving but in both hearts being equally willing.","image_prompt":"Traditional South Indian temple-mural style painting, warm ochre, indigo and leaf-green palette, fine line work, set in ancient Tamil country: A friendship in which one courts and hopes to be admired while the other sits saying 'we were never eager' is wretched, even if the whole earth ringed with leaping waves should yield its increase \u2014 when it is with people who have no fineness in them. 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