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Just as this world holds no joy for those who have no wealth, the other world holds none for those who have no compassion.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[32],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-449","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","kural_section-thuravaraviyal","literary_category-patinenkilkanakku","author_poet-thiruvalluvar","work_title-thirukkural"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd 247","verse_sort":247,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\n\u0b87\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf \u0baf\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":94,"transliteration":"Arulillaarkku Avvulakam Illai Porulillaarkku \/ Ivvulakam Illaaki Yaangu","couplet_en":"The other world is not for those that have not mercy, even as this world is not for them that are without riches.","word_meanings":"\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 | for those without compassion\n\u0b85\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd | that (other) world\n\u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 | there is not\n\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 | for those without wealth\n\u0b87\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd | this world\n\u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 | as it is not (for them)","meaning_ta":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2, \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8.","meaning_en":"Just as this world holds no joy for those who have no wealth, the other world holds none for those who have no compassion.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b93\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b89\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bc7. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 '\u0b85\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd', \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. 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\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bc8; \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"This couplet makes its point through a comparison. A person without wealth cannot enjoy this world; for him it is as though this world did not exist. In the same way, Valluvar says, for those without compassion there is no 'avvulagam', the other world. 'Yaangu' means 'as'. As this world is not for the penniless, so the next world is not for the pitiless.\n\nValluvar draws the comparison from the experience of the people of his time. A penniless man may stand in a market street and see everything, yet cannot enjoy any of it. Likewise one without compassion, however many rituals he performs, cannot taste their true fruit. By linking wealth and compassion in this way, Valluvar shows his practical sense.\n\nCommentators explain the 'other world' in different ways. Some take it as heaven, some as the good fruit that comes after death, and some as the inner peace that comes at last even in this world. Whichever is taken, the depth of the verse is that without compassion no high state is reached.\n\nThe verse is meant not to frighten but to guide. Just as we strive to gather wealth, we must strive to gather compassion, for without it no great virtue yields its benefit. A temple pilgrimage, a fast or a gift is received in its fullness only by the heart that is gentle to other lives.","story_title_ta":"\u0b95\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bc7\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95 \u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0baf\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b85\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bc7\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b8e\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbf \u0b85\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba3 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, '\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe? \u0b93\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bb4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba3\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbf \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bc1. 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When Yudhishthira completed his great horse sacrifice, everyone who had come praised his gifts. Just then a mongoose appeared. Half its body shone golden; the other half was of ordinary colour. It rolled on the ground of the sacrificial hall and said, 'Is this a sacrifice? It does not equal the gift of one poor brahmin.'\n\nAll were shocked and asked why. The mongoose told its story. 'A poor brahmin family lived at Kurukshetra, living on grains left in the fields. Once a dreadful famine came. After many days they found a little grain, ground it into flour, divided it into four portions, and began to eat.'\n\n'Then a guest, a brahmin, came and said he was hungry. The brahmin gave his own share. The guest ate but was not satisfied. The wife gave her share. The son gave his. The daughter-in-law gave hers. All four stood hungry. The guest, pleased, revealed his true form, the god of dharma, and the four ascended to heaven.'\n\n'After they went, I rolled in the bit of flour left at that place, and half my body turned golden. To make the other half golden too I have gone to many sacrifices and rolled there. But it has not happened even in this sacrifice,' said the mongoose, and left.\n\nThe meaning: more than giving great wealth, sharing with compassion when one has nothing is the greater virtue. Only dharma that takes shape in compassion bears fruit in this world and the next.\n\nIn the tale the brahmin family had no possessions, yet the next world was sweet to them. That is the reverse of 'arulillaarkku avvulagam illai': for the compassionate both worlds exist.","reflection_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"What could you share this week that you cannot easily spare?","image_prompt":"A poor brahmin family at Kurukshetra sharing their last flour with a guest, the guest transforming into the radiant god of dharma, a half-golden mongoose watching, fields of parched grass, warm palm-leaf manuscript and Tanjore-painting inspired style, ivory, ochre, copper and deep teal palette, no text or letters in the image."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/449","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\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/449\/revisions\/1641"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}