OmniLight Invocations 365

An old photo of Siddhi Valaagam (சித்தி வளாகம்) or “Abode of Adepthood”, Mettukuppam, Vadalur, Tamilnadu, India. It was Ramalingam’s final residence and venue of his last talk in October 1873.

Anāhata (Sanskrit: अनाहत) or the heart lotus chakra

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 90

எம்புயக் கனியென வெண்ணுவா ரிதய

வம்புயத் தமர்ந்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

In

The

Mystic

Heart-Space

Of

Those

Who

Contemplate

It

As

The

Sweet

Sustenance

Of

Their

Subsistence,

OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!

Notes:

The expression “இதய அம்பு” (Idaya Ambu) refers to the mystic “Heart-Sky” or “Heart-Space”, the inner sky or space of the Anāhata (Sanskrit: अनाहत) or the heart lotus chakra. The word “அம்பு” (ambu), in the context of this couplet, connotes sky or space.

The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872.