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The state of life lies in not eating flesh; if one eats flesh, hell will not leave its mouth unopened for them.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[32],"literary_category":[6],"author_poet":[22],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[12],"class_list":["post-457","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 255","verse_sort":255,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b8a\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\n\u0b85\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bc1.","english_translation":"","historical_notes":"","kural_adhigaram":95,"transliteration":"Unnaamai Ulladhu Uyirnilai Oonunna \/ Annaaththal Seyyaadhu Alaru","couplet_en":"In non-eating of flesh is Life: if thou eat, the pit of hell will not open its mouth to let thee out.","word_meanings":"\u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8 | not eating (flesh)\n\u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bc1 | lies in it\n\u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8 | the state of life, the foundation of life\n\u0b8a\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3 | if one eats flesh\n\u0b85\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd | opening wide, gaping\n\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 | will not do\n\u0b85\u0bb3\u0bb1\u0bc1 | hell (the pit)","meaning_ta":"\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0ba4\u0bc1; \u0b8a\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bca\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"The state of life lies in not eating flesh; if one eats flesh, hell will not leave its mouth unopened for them.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. 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'Unnaamai ullathu uyirnilai' directly means that the state of life lies in not eating flesh. Some explain it as meaning that living creatures survive through non-eating, while others say the basic right of a creature is not to be killed. In both the essence is that abstaining from flesh is the way that guards life.\n\nThe second line brings in 'alaru', hell. 'Annaaththal seyyaadhu' means it will not fail to open its mouth, that is, hell stands waiting to swallow the flesh-eater. It is a forceful figure taken from our tradition's picture of hell. Commentators take it as the hell of the next world; some explain it as guilt, illness and mental disquiet that arise even here.\n\nThough the word hell sounds frightening, Valluvar's purpose is not just to instil fear. He tries to implant in us the awareness that actions have consequences. The tradition's teaching of karma shows here: when pain comes to any creature, some answer to it comes back in one form or another.\n\nIn our time we may link this with health, environment and peace of mind as well. It is wise to think calmly about what keeps us peaceful and well and to choose food accordingly. 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He performed countless sacrifices during his reign. Because many animals were offered in them, the earth was covered with sacrificial grass with its tips pointing east, and so he was called Prachinabarhis. He took great pride in the splendour of his sacrifices.\n\nOne day the sage Narada came to him and asked, 'O king, what fruit did you hope to gain from so many sacrifices?' The king stood bewildered, with no answer. Narada, by his spiritual power, pointed to the sky: 'Look, king. The animals you killed needlessly in your sacrifices are waiting for your death. After you die they will pierce you with their iron horns.'\n\nThe king trembled in fear. Narada then told him an allegorical story, that of King Puranjana. Puranjana ruled a city with nine gates. Attached to hunting, he killed countless beasts. The result of his deeds met him in the next birth. The Bhagavata explains this as an allegory: the nine-gated city is the body, and Puranjana is the life within the body.\n\nThrough this parable Narada made the king understand that killing a life, even in the name of sacrifice, brings its result in a later birth. The king saw his mistake. He handed over the kingdom to his sons and went to the forest for penance, the Purana says.\n\nHere hell, 'alaru', is not merely a threat but a lesson, a means to show the truth that the fruit of an act reaches the one who did it. That is what the couplet says.\n\nWhat we should take from such stories is that whatever the rite, custom or habit, we must not fail to look at the suffering it brings to living beings.","reflection_ta":"\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe?","reflection_en":"Is there a custom or habit you follow without ever having asked what it costs another living thing?","image_prompt":"The sage Narada pointing toward the sky before a worried king seated in a sacrificial hall covered with kusha grass, faint shapes of animals gathering in the sky, a nine-gated city drawn as a symbol, 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\/457","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\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1650,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/457\/revisions\/1650"}],"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=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}