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Poem : 3 Thiru-andappahuthi Sub-title : Sivanathu Thula Sukkumaththai Viyanthathu (Adoring the palpable and subtle nature of Civan) Abstract: This poem is an excellent outpouring of the experience of the saint intermingled in the praises of Civan as a melodious song. It has an introduction of 28 lines after which there is an intricate and ingenious allegory. By means of this sublime allegory the grace of Civan as a mystical cloud facilitates His devotees--the cultivators--to harvest His supreme Bliss. There is an emphasis of two thoughts: (1) That the supreme in His greatness embraces all and pervades the minutest things in this universe and (2) That He is the unique beautiful Being Whose wondrous and admirable sublimity is not to be fully comprehended by any finite being god or man. Lines 157 to 182 are the sweetest expression of the saint befitting the title of his composition-book The Sacred Utterances. They explain the metamorphosis and transformation of his carnal body into an ecstasy-bubbling celestial body. The flow of Ambrosia by His grace in his body is a direct symptom of transformation. God has ordained sweet Ambrosia to collect right from the root-hair up to the cavities of his bones. The saint cries out without knowing what God has done to him. “Ah me a cur, I cannot sustain this. What you have done to me I cannot comprehend Ah! I am dead l’” He is not content with mere sipping. He is not able to swallow either. He feels that his body is not able to sustain the bliss as Ambrosia is over-flowing. Here God has been 150