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...
Tag - thiruvachakam
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...
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...
1) The gracious incarnation. The Lady’s Spouse; of mystic word Proclaimer skill’d; Light seen mid blooming flowers; the faultless Grace supreme;...
1) He enters on a life of absolute renunciation. The potsherd and the skull I deemed my kin; my soul dissolved; Wealth to be sought was Civan’s foot...
This is one of the most characteristic of the Sage’s lyrics, and would seem to belong to a later period than that when the ‘cry of the...
1) Heretics. Not the sleek snake in anthill coil’d I dread; nor feigned truth of men of lies,- As I, in sooth, feel fear at night of those who have not...
RAPTURE OF LIFE IN CIVAN 1) His praises. Partner of Umai’s loveliness! Destroyer of the ‘deeds’ That to this frame cling fast! Thou Guardian...
Tillai.- In the legends of the Sage it appears that he did not visit Tillai till he had seen the other shrines of Caiva worship, and had become renowned both...
