OmniLight Invocations 365

A reconstruction of Ramalingam’s appearance based on descriptions by those who knew him. The Tamil words below the image express his sincere wish: May All Beings Attain Bliss and Flourish!

Goethe’s Faust Fantasy: Mephistopheles persuading Faust to sell his soul

Mephistopheles (left) calculating his moves!

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 595

பிணக்கும் பேதமும் பேயுல கோர்புகல்

கணக்கும் தீர்த்து  எனைக் கலந்த நல் நட்பே

Algebra

Of

Avidyā,

Arithmetic

Of

Ignorance,

Mephistophelian

Machinations

Of

Mammon,

Covetous

Calculations,

Permutations

Of

Divisions,

Disparities,

Disputes, 

Discords,

Deals

Of

Deceit,

Devised,

Designed,

Propagated,

By

Devils,

Devilish

Worldlings,

Dispelled,

Dissolved,

Destroyed,

In

Divine

Union

Formed

By the OmniLight True Friend!

Note: This autobiographical couplet testifies to Ramalingam’s annihilation of the algebra of Avidyā, or ignorance, and its permutations, produced and propounded by devils and devilish worldlings (Tamil: பேயுலகோர் – pey ulagor), by the supreme compassion of OmniLight. In this couplet, Ramalingam addresses the OmniLight as the true friend who helped him to dispel the algebra of Avidyā, or ignorance, and its permutations of division, disparity, discord, etc.

In his own words, this was the result of intense, one-pointed aspiration for the OmniLight, sustained inner austerity of renunciation of distracting worldly desires, and the development of compassion for living beings.

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.