{"id":7475,"date":"2017-09-29T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T02:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=7475"},"modified":"2017-08-01T17:10:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:10:35","slug":"tirukural-chapter-61-avoidance-of-idleness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/tirukural\/tirukural-chapter-61-avoidance-of-idleness-2","title":{"rendered":"Tirukural. Chapter 61: Avoidance of Idleness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4939 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/unnamed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Kural 601<\/p>\n<p>The eternal flame of a family vanishes<br \/>\nwhen eclipsed by that dark cloud called idleness.<br \/>\nKural 602<\/p>\n<p>Let those who wish their family to be a noble family<br \/>\ncall laziness &#8221;laziness&#8221; and live without it.<br \/>\nKural 603<\/p>\n<p>The simpleton whose actions are stifled by ruinous indolence<br \/>\nwill see his family perish before he dies.<br \/>\nKural 604<\/p>\n<p>Their families decrease and their vices increase when men,<br \/>\nensnared in sloth, do not put forth earnest effort.<br \/>\nKural 605<\/p>\n<p>Procrastination, forgetfulness, sloth and sleep&#8211;<br \/>\nthese four shape the ship bearing those destined for ruin.<br \/>\nKural 606<\/p>\n<p>Seldom do languid men achieve anything special,<br \/>\neven when supported by the world&#8217;s wealthy proprietors.<br \/>\nKural 607<\/p>\n<p>Idle men, incapable of honorable exertion,<br \/>\ninvite scorn and suffer the shame of scolding words.<br \/>\nKural 608<\/p>\n<p>If languor is allowed to linger in aristocrats,<br \/>\nthey will be forced into servitude under foes.<br \/>\nKural 609<\/p>\n<p>Disgrace that has come upon a man and his family<br \/>\nwill disappear the moment he casts out laziness.<br \/>\nKural 610<\/p>\n<p>A king devoid of indolence will thereby procure all that<br \/>\ncosmic expanse measured by God&#8217;s immeasurable strides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kural 601 The eternal flame of a family vanishes when eclipsed by that dark cloud called idleness. Kural 602 Let those who wish their family to be a noble family call laziness &#8221;laziness&#8221; and live without it. Kural 603 The simpleton whose actions are stifled by ruinous indolence will see his family perish before he dies. Kural 604 Their families decrease and their vices increase when men, ensnared in sloth, do not put forth earnest effort. Kural 605 Procrastination, forgetfulness, sloth and sleep&#8211; these four shape the ship bearing those destined for ruin. Kural 606 Seldom do languid men achieve <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tirukural","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}