

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 648
நினைத்தவை நினைத்தவை நினைத்தாங் கெய்துற
அனைத்தையுந் தருமோ ரரும்பெறன் மணியே!
Resplendent,
Transcendent,
Inestimable
Divine
Gem,
Which
Empowers
Me
To
Have
Intentions,
And
To
Fulfill
Them
All,
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
This couplet continues the series of couplets on மணி (Gemstone), மந்திரம் (Mantra), and மருந்து (Medicine). The OmniLight and its revelatory and other powers are described in terms of these three central metaphors of precious gemstone, mantra, and medicine.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.