{"id":450,"date":"2026-10-25T15:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/?post_type=verse&#038;p=450"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:15:11","slug":"kural-248","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/kural-248\/","title":{"rendered":"Kural 248 \u00b7 \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc2\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc2\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd<br \/>\n\u0b85\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb1\u0bcd \u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bc1.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those without wealth may flourish some day; those without compassion are the truly bereft, and their flourishing is rare.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[32],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-450","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 248","verse_sort":248,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc2\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\n\u0b85\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb1\u0bcd \u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bc1.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":94,"transliteration":"Porulatraar Pooppar Orukaal Arulatraar \/ Atraarmar Raadhal Aridhu","couplet_en":"The poor in substance may one day thrive and prosper: but they that lack pity are poor indeed and their day cometh never.","word_meanings":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | those without wealth\n\u0baa\u0bc2\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb0\u0bcd | will bloom, will prosper\n\u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd | at some time\n\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | those without compassion\n\u0b85\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | the truly destitute\n\u0b86\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bc1 | becoming (prosperous) is rare","meaning_ta":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc7; \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bc1.","meaning_en":"Those without wealth may flourish some day; those without compassion are the truly bereft, and their flourishing is rare.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. 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'\u0b86\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bc1' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd. \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b8f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bc1? \u0b8f\u0ba9\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0bb4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8; \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0b87\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcb\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bc2\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0bb4\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf.","explanation_en":"This couplet compares poverty of wealth with poverty of compassion to show which is the greater poverty. 'Poopar' means to blossom, that is, to prosper. In the previous verse Valluvar said that this world is not for those without wealth. Here he gives hope that even those without wealth may prosper some day, because wealth can return through effort and time. 'Orukaal', 'at one time', carries a note of hope.\n\nThe state of those without compassion is not like that. 'Atraar' means those who have utterly lost. They have lost, from themselves, relationships, trust and love. 'Matru' gives emphasis. 'Aadhal aridhu' directly means that prospering is rare. Some commentators take it as meaning that becoming good again is rare for the pitiless.\n\nWhy so? Because wealth is outside us and may come back. But compassion is in the heart, and one who loses it loses others as well. No one shows love to the pitiless or helps in their distress, and so they become truly poor.\n\nThis gives both comfort and warning. It encourages those who lose heart for lack of money, and shows those who are rich but hard-hearted a poverty that lasts. We should look at what we nurture in our own homes, and remember that a family's greatest asset is the gentleness with which its members treat one another. The word 'poopar' recalls a tree in bloom. A withered tree may put out shoots when rain falls, but a tree with no root cannot. 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Kuchela was a poor brahmin and his wife was Susheela. Because of poverty they found food hard to get, and their children cried with hunger. One day Susheela pleaded with her husband, 'Your boyhood friend Krishna is now king in Dwaraka. Go to him and ask for help.'\n\nKuchela hesitated at first; he was ashamed to stretch out his hand to a friend. But at his wife's urging he set out. As a gift for Krishna he tied a handful of beaten rice, borrowed from a neighbour, in a ragged cloth. When he stood at the palace gate of Dwaraka, the guards stopped him, seeing his appearance.\n\nHearing the news, Krishna ran out and embraced Kuchela. He seated him on his own throne and washed his feet with his own hands. They recalled their days of study together in the hermitage of Sandipani. 'What have you brought for me?' Krishna asked. Kuchela was ashamed to give the rice, but Krishna seized the bundle, opened it himself, and lovingly put a handful in his mouth. As he took a second handful, Rukmini, it is said, held his hand.\n\nKuchela did not utter a word about his need. After staying a few days he took leave. When he reached home, in the place of his hut stood a beautiful mansion. Susheela greeted him amid prosperity. Yet he did not forget his simplicity.\n\nKrishna's grace and Kuchela's humility make this tale sweet. One who was poor flourished one day, which proves 'porulatraar poopar orukaal'. It happened because there was a compassionate friend and a heart that was compassionate.","reflection_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf \u0bae\u0bcc\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b8f\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8, \u0baa\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcb \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcb, \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"Whose quiet poverty, of money or of company, could you lift this month?","image_prompt":"Krishna embracing his poor friend Kuchela on the steps of the palace of Dwaraka, the bundle of beaten rice in Kuchela's hand, Rukmini beside them, 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\/450","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\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1642,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/450\/revisions\/1642"}],"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=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}