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As the heart of those who bear weapons does not incline to good, so the mind of those who have eaten the taste of another creature’s body does not incline to good.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[32],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-455","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 253","verse_sort":253,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc2\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":95,"transliteration":"Pataikontaar Nenjampol Nannookkaadhu Ondran \/ Utalsuvai Untaar Manam","couplet_en":"The heart of the man that tasteth flesh turneth not towards good, even as the heart of him that is armed with steel.","word_meanings":"\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | those who bear weapons\n\u0ba8\u0bc6\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bcd | like the heart\n\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc2\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 | does not incline towards good\n\u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc8 | the taste of another creature's body\n\u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd | those who have eaten\n\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd | the mind","meaning_ta":"\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2, \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1.","meaning_en":"As the heart of those who bear weapons does not incline to good, so the mind of those who have eaten the taste of another creature's body does not incline to good.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8a\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3 \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1; 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The heart of one who bears weapons thinks always of strength and attack and does not readily turn towards good; this is long experience. In the same way, Valluvar thinks, the mind of one who has relished the body of another creature does not readily seek good.\n\nCommentators explain it in two ways. Some say that one who carries weapons is drawn to violence because the weapon is in hand, and one who eats flesh is likewise drawn by its taste towards further killing. Others say both grow used to harshness, so gentleness declines. Either way the essence is that habit shapes the mind.\n\nThis idea is not a judgement measuring all people by one yardstick. One cannot decide a person's goodness by the way he eats; the world has many gentle-hearted people with a variety of food habits. But Valluvar draws attention to how unreflected habits slowly change the heart.\n\nOur deeds become habits, habits become nature, and nature fixes the direction of the heart. 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During their forest exile, Rama, Sita and Lakshmana entered the Dandaka forest, where many sages had hermitages. The sages welcomed Rama, but a shadow lay on their faces. They were waiting to tell him of their distress.\n\nCruelty by rakshasas had increased in the forest. The sages complained that the demons harassed those at penance, disrupted sacrifices, and even devoured some. The Ramayana says they showed Rama heaps of the bones of sages as a sign of the cruelty. Other traditions vary a little on this detail, but the news of the demons' cruelty is everywhere the same.\n\nRama's heart was shaken. He took up his bow and vowed, 'I will protect you from those who torment the helpless.' Sita lovingly offered Rama a reminder: 'The heart of one who bears a bow inclines easily to violence. Do not harm anyone without cause.' Rama accepted her words sweetly. 'I bear arms to give shelter, not out of hatred. Therefore I will always keep to dharma,' he said, tradition tells.\n\nThis conversation is a well-known part of the Ramayana. Sita's words show that the heart of one who bears weapons readily leans to harshness. Rama recognised this and kept his mind fixed on compassion. He protected the weak from the demons but never abandoned his mercy.\n\nThis is what the couplet says: a mind that lives close to cruelty finds it hard to turn to good, so each of us must always watch the direction of our own mind.\n\nThe comfort this scene gives us is that even when living in hard circumstances the mind can remain gentle. It comes by effort.","reflection_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"Which of your habits, if repeated for ten more years, would make your heart harder rather than softer?","image_prompt":"Rama with his bow, Sita and Lakshmana in a Dandaka forest hermitage among sages with folded hands, Sita gently touching Rama's arm in counsel, forest light through the trees, 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\/455","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\/455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1648,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/455\/revisions\/1648"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}