{"id":9796,"date":"2026-11-09T05:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T05:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/divya-prabandham-682\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T07:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:28:38","slug":"divya-prabandham-682","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/divya-prabandham-682\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0baa\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd 682 \u00b7 \u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf \u0ba8\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe \u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urvasi and Menaka with waists as fine as lightning, their songs and their dances: I will not care for these. On Venkatam, where swarms of bees hum &#8216;thenna thenna&#8217;, let me have the rare penance of being a golden pot\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[112],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[105],"class_list":["post-9796","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-kulasekhara-alvar","work_title-divya-prabandham"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"682","verse_sort":682,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf \u0ba8\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe \u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\n\u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd\n\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bb5\u0bc6\u0ba9 \u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\n\u0b85\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bbe \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bc7","english_translation":"Urvasi and Menaka with waists as fine as lightning, their songs and their dances: I will not care for these. On Venkatam, where swarms of bees hum 'thenna thenna', let me have the rare penance of being a golden pot there.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf: \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bbf \u00b7 4. \u0b8a\u0ba9\u0bc7\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u00b7 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd\n\n\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0baa\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe. 682 \u00b7 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b9a\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bb0 \u0b86\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Minnanaiya nunnitaiyaa ruruppasiyum maenakaiyum \/ Annavartham paatalotu maatalavai yaathariyaen \/ Thennavena vantinangkal panpaatum vaengkataththul \/ Annanaiya porkutavaa marunthavaththa naavaenae","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf \u0ba8\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd|those with waists as fine as lightning\n\u0b89\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9a\u0bbf|Urvasi\n\u0bae\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bc8|Menaka\n\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd|songs and dances\n\u0b86\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd|I will not care for\n\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0b8e\u0ba9|humming 'thenna'\n\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd|golden pot\n\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd|one of rare penance","meaning_ta":"\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0ba8\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf \u0b8a\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0b87\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd '\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95.","meaning_en":"Urvasi and Menaka with waists as fine as lightning, their songs and their dances: I will not care for these. On Venkatam, where swarms of bees hum 'thenna thenna', let me have the rare penance of being a golden pot there.","explanation_ta":"\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0bb5\u0bb2\u0bcb\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b86\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f, \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc7 \u0b86\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0bb5\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb0\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd '\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0ba4\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b87\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\n\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc2\u0b9c\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0baf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd.","explanation_en":"Sweeter to the Alvar than the songs and dances of the celestial dancers is the music the bees make on Venkatam. He hears their humming as the musical syllables 'thenna thenna'.\n\nA golden pot is a vessel used in the temple for the Lord's ritual bath and worship. Being one, he would be in the Lord's service every day.","story_title_ta":"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b9a\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bb0\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf","story_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0b9a\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8f\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b8f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b95\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95, \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc0\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95, \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0bae\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b95, \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0b95, \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95. \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bbf, \u0b85\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd. 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Whatever it may be, it is enough to be on that hill. He ends the decade with 'on my Lord's golden hill, let me be anything at all.'\n\nOne wish among them stands apart: 'O tall one, Venkata, at the threshold of your temple where devotees, gods and apsaras pass, let me lie as a step and see your coral lips' (685). At your temple door, as the step that devotees and gods walk over, I will gaze forever at your coral mouth.\n\nA king wishing to be a step that others tread on! In honour of that wish, the step before the sanctum in Vaishnava temples, including Tirumala, is still called 'Kulasekharan Padi', Kulasekhara's step. Devotees cross that step to worship the Lord. The king's humility stands on, set in stone.","reflection_ta":"\u0ba8\u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b87\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0b9a\u0bc8 \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"What music truly delights us?","image_prompt":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/9796","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/9796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10949,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/9796\/revisions\/10949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=9796"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=9796"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=9796"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=9796"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=9796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}