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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 […]
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 learnt the Lofty-One To know; who near the Foot of the Brow-Ey’d,- our Lord, crown’d with the braided-lock,- Yet think there’s other God. When […]
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. […]
It would be hard to find a more touching expression of absolute mystic self-renunciation than these verses contain. —– 1) Useless suffering If cruel pain oppress from ‘deeds of old,’ guard Thou Who ownest me! If I, a man of ‘cruel deeds’ Suffer, from this my woe doth any gain accrue? O light of Umai’s […]
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) 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, […]
1) I long for Thy summons, O flawless Gem, who gav’st the wealth of Thine own roseate feet,- By the kite-banner’d King unseen,- and here mad’st me Thine own! My darkness drive far off; say ‘hither come’! The grace to gain That calls me there to dwell, BEHOLD, O SIRE, MY SOUL HATH YEARN’D! || […]
(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, […]