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First, true friendship is hard to find; second, once found there is no better protection. We meet many people in life, but it is rare to meet someone whose heart joins ours so closely that they take our good as their own. The phrase 'seyarkariya yaavula' points to that rarity. Gold and goods can be earned by labour, but a genuine friend cannot be won by labour alone. It takes character, patience and time.\n\nThe second line, 'vinaikkariya yaavula kaappu', is read in two ways by the old commentators. One reading is the protection that foils the deeds of enemies; another is the support that stands behind the undertakings we begin. The sense is the same in both. A fort and an army may keep out harm that comes from outside, but only a friend can protect us even from our own faults and failing nerve. He gives counsel, stands on our side and remains behind us.\n\nIn the world today none of us advances alone, whether at work, in studies or at home. Everyone's life has a few faces: the one who offered a shoulder when the job was lost, the one who spoke hope when an examination was failed. This verse points to the way of honouring such faces and of becoming such a face for someone else.\n\nThat is why Valluvar begins the chapter on friendship with this verse: before explaining how to befriend, he wants us to value what we are looking for.","story_title_ta":"\u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc0\u0b95\u0bbf \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bbe\u0baf\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b9a\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bae\u0bc2\u0b95 \u0bae\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1, \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b87\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\n\u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd: \"\u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0bb4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd.\" \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd: \"\u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bcd.\" \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc0\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc2\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \"\u0b89\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baf\u0bb0\u0bcd; 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'\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1' \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0ba3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0bb0\u0bc0\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9.","story_title_en":"Rama and Sugriva","story_en":"This scene is from the Kishkindha Kanda of Valmiki's Ramayana. Rama, searching for Sita, came with Lakshmana to Mount Rishyamukha. There lived Sugriva, driven from his kingdom by his brother Vali, robbed of his wife, and living in hiding. It was Hanuman who brought the two together. Two men who had suffered met, and their hearts joined.\n\nRama said, \"I have lost my wife.\" Sugriva said, \"I have lost both my kingdom and my wife.\" Tradition says they made fire their witness and pledged friendship, each promising, \"Your sorrow is mine, and mine is yours.\" Rama felled Vali with his arrow and made Sugriva king of Kishkindha.\n\nAfter the rains the search for Sita was delayed, and Lakshmana arrived in anger. Sugriva accepted his lapse and at once sent armies of vanaras in all four directions. Those who went south, Hanuman, Angada and Jambavan, were dismayed at the sight of the ocean but did not lose hope. Hanuman leapt the sea, found Sita in Lanka and brought back word.\n\nThen in the war of Lanka, Sugriva's army was Rama's greatest strength. Sugriva, wandering without a kingdom, had Rama as his guardian; Rama, alone in the forest, had Sugriva as his army. Each one's strength completed the other's.\n\nThis friendship was formed neither for gold nor for fame; it was born of each understanding the other's grief. The word 'seyarkariya', things hard to do, becomes clear here. What neither could do alone, friendship made possible for both. The word 'kaappu', protection, also takes meaning: Rama's arrow and Sugriva's army guarded one another.","reflection_ta":"\u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd? \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0bb5\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1?","reflection_en":"Who has stood by you in your hardest season, and have you thanked them lately?","image_prompt":"Rama and Sugriva pledging friendship before a sacred fire on a forested hill, Hanuman and Lakshmana standing by with folded hands, vanara warriors in the background, warm palm-leaf manuscript and Tanjore-painting inspired style, ivory, ochre, copper and deep teal palette, ornate gold border, no text or letters in the image."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/983","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\/983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1833,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/983\/revisions\/1833"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adhigaram\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=983"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=983"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=983"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=983"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}