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[THE GROWTH OF RAPTURE] —– The Lyric of the Sacred Pandi.- Note IV should be studied as introductory to this very dramatic poem, which is in every way a remarkable composition; yet I should hardly venture to affirm that Manikka-Vacagar was its author. In order to understand it, it is necessary to call to mind […]
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 of the Bull! Who dwell’st In Perun-turrai’s sacred shrine by well-skilled bards extolled! When shall I joy, O when exulting sing, henceforth, I too? || 4 || 2) His condescending love. […]
1) Alternations of feeling. Mingling with Thy true saints, that day in speechless joy I stood; Next day, with dawning daylight trouble came, and there abode. My soul grows old. Master! to seek the gleam of fadeless bliss Wand’ring I went. In grace to me, Thy slave, let loye abound! || 4 || 2) Impatience. […]
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 as a devotee and as a poet. It almost appears as if there existed some rivalry between the great temple of the Pandiyan land in […]
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) Longing for release. Transcendent One, extending through both earth and heaven, THOU SEE’ST TO NONE BUT THEE I CLING!- O Civa-puram’s King! In glorious beauty bright, Civan, in holy Perun-turrai’s shrine, Who dwell’st! To whom make I my plaint, whom blame, if Thou Who mad’st me Thine deny Thy grace? THOU SEE’ST NO JOY […]
1) With melting mind I said not, ‘He is gold,’ ‘His is a ruby’s light;’ I languish’d pondering charms of damsels young. Boon indescribable, Mercies beyond compare, to me were given; He of the flowery foot, THE FATHER, MADE ME HIS, AND JOINED ME TO HIS SAINTS: SUCH WONDER HAVE WE SEEN! || 4 || […]
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, […]
