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THE SIGHT OF THE ‘GURU.’ —– This is one of the places which the Sage is said to have visited before seeing Cithambaram. It would appear that here he had some peculiar manifestation of the god, who had revealed himself to him in Perun-turrai. It is open to conjecture that the Guru, whom he regarded […]
The T.V.U.P states that this was one of the earliest of the Sage’s poems, and that it was sung at Tiru-perun-turrai. It certainly bears the impress of youth, and in many respects is inferior to some of his later poems. It is said to have for its subject the purification of the soul from the […]
1) When shall I reach the Inaccessible? The gleaming golden Hill, the flawless Pearl, the Shrine of tender love Who made me, last of man, His own, in speechless service glad! He Whom Dark Mal and Brahma baffled yet approach not,- gave Himself, rare Balm! When shall I dwell in MYSTIC UNION JOINED WITH HIM, […]
It seems probable that this song was founded upon the Buddhist formula which required the devotee to utter nine times the word saranam, three times to Buddha, three times to the law or doctrine, and three times to the congregation (=church, or order). This entire abandonment of self on the part of the disciple was […]
(THE INFINITY OF BLISS IN CIVAN) 1) Sever’d from Thee I cannot live. I, false, am sever’d from the flowr’y feet that, entering here, made my soul melt, distilling nectar sweet. Yet I, poor wretch, die not as yet; but, in a waking dream, the inner purpose of my soul I’ve lost. O Teacher,- King, […]
