OmniLight Invocations 365

Entrance to the site of the radiant symbol (Jothi or orb of light) of OmniLight in the Sathiya Gnana Sabhai (1872), or Hall Of Truth-Knowledge, designed by Ramalingam.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 773

எண்ணிய வெண்ணிய வெல்லாந்தர வெனுள்

நண்ணிய புண்ணிய ஞானமெய்க் கனலே!

Sacred

Fire

Of

Truth

And

Wisdom,

Which

Approached

Me

Intimately

In

My

Inner

Being

To

Fulfill

All

My

Intentions,

OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!

Notes:

This couplet continues the pentad of couplets (five couplets) which use fire (Tamil: கனல் – kaṉal) as a symbol of OmniLight and its transformative and wish-fulfilling powers. It affirms that the Sacred Fire of OmniLight intimately approached Ramalingam in his inner being to fulfill all his intentions.

The Tamil word “நண்ணிய” at the start of the second line of this couplet signifies intimacy or closeness. The rhyming word “புண்ணிய” which follows, in this context, signifies the sacred.

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.