1) Hymn 1 Sivapuranam – Civan’s Course from Everlasting Scriptures Translation in English 2) Hymn II Sivapuranam Kirttit Tiru Akaval Civan’s...
Sivapuranam
This hymn was composed after he had settled down in Tillai, his active life finished, and was waiting for the great release. He surveys, as he was so fond of...
1) How may I join my friends beyond? Th’ Immortals all have gained Thy flower-like feet, bright as the lightning’s glance;- have crossed The...
It was no easy taks to work out a version of this lyric, the rhythmic beauty of which is very remarkable. I have striven, at the risk of sundry irregularities...
1) No requital of electing grace The ancient fourfold mystic word draws not anigh His seat;- Nor Mal nor Ayan Him have seen; yet me, the most abject, By grace...
This purports to have been composed immediately after his return to Perun-turrai, when he was hoping for speedy consummation, but felt impatient. 1) How shall...
1) Strike the sounding drum of the Guru, Wielder of wisdom’s sword; Spread the white canopy over the Guru, Who mounts the charger of heaven; Enter and...
This is our Sage’s wonderful ‘psalm of the up-going,’ He commemorates his first visit to Tillai, and thence mystically sets forth the...
1) The gracious incarnation. The Lady’s Spouse; of mystic word Proclaimer skill’d; Light seen mid blooming flowers; the faultless Grace supreme;...
1) Civan a light The God of gods; the Warrior true; south Perun-turrai’s Chieftain dear; The First; the Blissful One, Whose forn the Three could not...
