SIVAPURAANAM – PART 5.5

LINES 36 TO 40

veyyaai thaNiyaai iyamaananaam vimalaa

poyyaayina yellam pOyagala vandharuLi

mei gnaanam aagi miLirgindRa meichchudarE

enggnaanamum illaathEn, inbap perumaanE

anggnanam thannai agalvikkum nallaRivE

வெய்யாய் தணியாய் இயமானனாம் விமலா

பொய்யாயின எல்லாம் போய் அகல வந்தருளி

மெய்ஞானம் ஆகி மிளிர்கின்ற மெய்ச்சுடரே

எஞ்ஞானமும் இல்லாதேன் இன்பப் பெருமானே

அஞ்ஞானம் தன்னை அகல்விக்கும் நல்லறிவே

Here, Sri Manickavasagar addresses the Lord as the one who is very hot (he is the power behind Agni (fire) – Tiruvannaamalai), and also as the one who is very cold (here his form as water (appu) – Tiruvanaikka is discussed). He is the antharyami or indweller of every life. Iyamaanan means atman. He is untarnished – vimalaa.

The moment Manickavasagar saw the Lord in the form of a Brahmin, teaching Vedas to the disciples, under the gurunthai tree at Tirupperunthurai, all the entities that are false by nature, evaded from his mind. That is why he says ‘poiyyayina yellam pOyagala’.

The Lord is the embodiment of Absolute knowledge – mei gnanam. He shines because of the chith or true knowledge – milirgindra meichchudarE.

Manickavasagar says that he is the one without any knowledge – enggnaanamum illaathEn or the one without any knowledge.

He then says, the lord is full of bliss. Ananda swaroopam. That is what mentioned by the words inbap perumaanE. The lord is the light (of knowledge) who removes the darkness in the mind of people.

So in this part, we come to know about the following attributes of the Lord –

·         Nirmala swaroopam – Untarnished - vimalaa

·         Sat swaroopam – Truth - meichchudarE

·         Chith swaroopam – knowledge – meignaanam, nallaRivE

·         Ananda swaroopam – bliss – inbapperumAnE

·         Warm or Hot - veyyaai

·         Cool or cold - thaNiyaai