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Their bodies lost their colour, their tongues dried for want of water, and the kinsmen swam in their own tears.","historical_notes":"\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd\n\n\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf: \u0ba4\u0bae\u0baf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Sevvanna vaayaalun thaervaen thanumakalai \/ Avvannang kantakkaa laarruvaroa - meyvannam \/ Oaynthunaa neerpoa yularkinra thoththathamar \/ Neenthinaar kanneeri ninru.","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd|the red-lipped one, the mother\n\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd|the chariot-king\n\u0b86\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcb|can they bear it\n\u0bae\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd|colour of the body\n\u0ba8\u0bbe|tongue\n\u0b89\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1|drying up\n\u0b92\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd|the kinsmen together\n\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd|they swam","meaning_ta":"\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd (\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd) \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd (\u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd) \u0bae\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe? \u0bae\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b93\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0ba8\u0bbe \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0b89\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"Could the red-lipped mother and the chariot-king, the father, bear to see their daughter in that state? Their bodies lost their colour, their tongues dried for want of water, and the kinsmen swam in their own tears.","explanation_ta":"\u0b87\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0bae\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc7 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1: \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1, \u0ba8\u0bbe \u0b89\u0bb2\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd: '\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd' \u2014 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc2\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba9\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"The verse shows the parents' grief: they cannot bear to look at their daughter, and their bodies wither \u2014 colour gone, tongue dry, tears a flood.\n\nSubtly, they 'swam' in tears: weeping as a flood in which one must keep afloat, the measure of tears in one verb.","story_title_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bae\u0baf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd","story_title_en":"","story_en":"","reflection_ta":"\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd; \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.","reflection_en":"Tears can be a flood one must swim.","image_prompt":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/5783","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\/5783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5938,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/5783\/revisions\/5938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=5783"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=5783"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=5783"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=5783"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=5783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}