Thiruvaachakam (Chapter 4) Chapter IV forms the last part of my classification of Thiruvaachakam and it consists of 31 Decads, from Decad: 21-Koil Mooththa Thiruppathikam to the last Decad:51 Acchoppathikam. In the first Decad of this fourth part, that is, Decad–21, the Saint Manickavaachagar is said to deal with “The Eternal True Event”. The last Decad (Decad 51) deals perhaps with “Not knowing how the Experience Came". These two decads are two of the best poems in the Thiruvaachakam. This part begins with an excellent verse in which the saint very cleverly prays to God to bestow on him the privilege of being in the midst of His devotees in a logical order of sequence. He points out that the Dame (Sakthi) is residing in Him and He abides in Her. He prays to bestow the privilege of dwelling in the midst of His devotees if both of Them were to dwell in him. God should bestow on him the privilege of abiding in the midst of his devotees. It is tantamount to pleading to dwell in between God, the supreme—manifestation of Bliss and the Dame the supreme energymanifestation of God. in the supreme state of transcendent experience of Bliss. In the same way, in the first verse of the last decad (51:1) the saint wonders in amazement who else could gain such a privilege which the Lord bestowed on him by severing the bonds of his mind and transforming him into Civan Himself. Further he made him. His own. Thus in this part he speaks about the intricacies of his spiritual experiences and development in the attainment of supreme Bliss. 547
