An old photo of Sathiya Dharuma Saalai (The Home of True Charity) in Vadalur, Tamilnadu, South India – It was opened by Ramalingam on May 23, 1867, and has fed the poor and hungry to this day.
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 66
பவனத்தி னண்டப் பரப்பினெங் கெங்கும்
அவனுக் கவனா மருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Everywhere
In
The
Expanse
Of
The
Cosmos,
The
Substance
Of
All
Substances,
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
The Tamil pronoun “அவன்” (avan) refers to the male or the masculine. In the context of this couplet, it connotes “சத்தர்” (sattar) or carriers or wielders of energy, i.e., substances, objects, or entities.
On this interpretation, this couplet affirms that the OmniLight is the Substance of all substances, objects, or entities.
A complementary interpretation is that the OmniLight is the maleness or masculinity in all male entities in the cosmos. It is also the bearer and wielder of all energy within all substances, objects, and entities in the cosmos.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872.
THE IMMORTALIZING WAY OF OMNILIGHT (அருட்பெருஞ்ஜோதி பெருநெறி) 