OmniLight Invocations 365

Judeo-Christian mythology: A famous mythological portrait of consequences of hubris against Divine Law: The Fall of Lucifer: Illustration for John Milton’s Paradise Lost by Gustave Doré (1866).

Judeo-Christian mythology: La caída de Luzbel (The Fall of Lucifer), by Antonio María Esquivel (Museo del Prado, Spain)

Consequence of Greed: In Nathaniel Hawthorne‘s version of the King Midas myth in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, Midas’ daughter turns to a golden statue when he touches her (illustration by Walter Crane for the 1893 edition) – Source: Wikipedia

Invidia (Envy) – Hieronymus Bosch, The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things – Source: Wikipedia

“Jealousy and Flirtation” by Haynes King

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 398

மதம்புரை மோகமு மற்றவு மாங்காங்

கதம்பெற வடக்கு மருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி

Arising

Arrogance,

Herald

Of

Hubris,

Insidious

Interning

Infatuation,

Similar

Siblings

Of

Jaundicing

Jealousy,

Maddening

Malice,

Craven

Covetousness,

Controlled,

Decreased,

Devolved,

Interred,

Consigned

To

Hades,

Consummately

By the Supreme Compassion of OmniLight!

Note: This couplet affirms that mental states or occurrences, e.g., anger, desire, jealousy, etc., are subject to the supreme subduing, regulating, controlling, curbing powers (அடக்குதல் – adakkudhal) exercised by the OmniLight in accordance with self-determined laws. 

The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. 

In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses.