8. Thiruvarnmaanai “Oh my Companion! Did you hear how the unique One the Southerner, the Lord of Perunthurai surrounded by storied walls mischievously cajoled me? He showing everything never shown before and showing His Form as Civan showed me His lotus feet, the Honey of His mercy and taking us into His service that we may gain the heavenly home while the rustics of the world languished. He made us His own! Behold! Ammaanaai!” (8:6) “Let us sing of the Indweller in the heart of those who ceaselessly contemplate on Him, of the far-off One, of the Warrior, of the Southerner Who dwells in Perunthurai, of the Sage, the Half of Whose Form the Dame shares, of the Bride-groom Who made even curs like us His own, of the beloved Lord Who has been our veritable Mother, of Him Who is Himself the seven worlds and of Him Who rules over all ! Behold ! Ammaanaai l’’ (8:7) “Let us sing that the magnificent One Who graciously composed a divine melody bearing song, for a devotee that he is bearing a woman as this for, that the Lord of perunthurai is renowned with the vast sky-bearing fame, that the God whose Forehead is bearing an eye, that He was hired for bearing earth on His Head in buzzling Madurai and that He was smitten by the king there that His golden body was bearing a wound ! Behold Ammaanaail” (8:8) 25 373
