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ASHTAMUHURTAM .
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O Thou Dweller in Vo$y.i, which beams
As the face of the sea-girt Earth !
Who owns Thy Form beyond compare
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The Lightning s flash Thy locks do show,
The teeming Earth Thy Head does form.
The Sun and Moon, and Fire, these three,
Are Eyes that light Thy Divine Face.
Thy cool bright wreaths are the countless stars.
The sky where in the gods do dwell
Thy broad Chest forms The
; Eight quarters,
Thy shoulders strong. The broad sea Thy Vest.
Thy Organ, Earth Feet the worlds below.
;
The flowing wind Thy constant breath,
The flawless sounds are all Thy words.
The faultless wisdom that is together found
In Gods and Men is all Thy own.
The teeming world lives and develops
Vanishes and reappears, These Thy acts.
The world, in life or death, awake,
Or asleep, does show Thy Nature true.
With these Thy Form, Thy one True spirit
Dual becomes ;
clothed in Gunas three,
Art born as four ;
Hast senses five,
The six Religions, and seven worlds
Dost become and art the Eight Gods.
And thus for ages and ages progressing
Whatever Thou unitest with
That Thou dost sure become.
The following
is
the favourite quotation from Tiruvachakam.
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