

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 683
எழுவகை நெறியினு மியற்றுக வெனவே
முழுவகை காட்டி முயங்கிய பொன்னே!
Resplendent
Gold
Treasure,
Which
Directed
Me
To
Create
In
The
Seven
Modes,
And,
Abiding
In
Unity,
Revealed
Their
Diverse
Natures,
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
The term “எழுவகை நெறி” (ezhuvagai neri) or seven modes or forms has been interpreted as a reference to the seven modes or forms of life identified by Ramalingam in his great incomplete essay on “The Ethic Of Compassion For Living Beings“: தேவர் (Devar or celestials or supra-human beings), மனிதர் (Manidar or humans), நரகர் (Narakar or inhabitants of infernal realms), மிருகம் (animals), பறவை (flying creatures), ஊர்வன (crawling creatures), and தாவரம் (sessile or stationary forms of life such as plants and trees). Ramalingam affirms that these seven forms of life have innumerable variants.
This couplet continues the series of couplets on the maximal excellence of the nature of OmniLight. These couplets also invoke gold and its aspects to convey this maximal excellence of the nature of OmniLight. The imperishable and immaculate nature of the OmniLight Gold is also contrasted with the perishable and imperfect nature of mundane gold.
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.