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Foem: 4 Pottrith-thiru-ahaval (The Sacred Ahaval of Praise) (Sung at Thiisai) Sub-title: Creation of the World or Universe Analysis This poem is composed of 225 lines. As the word “Pottri' (Obeisance) is used several times in this poem, it is called “Pottri Thiru Ahaval” The first ten lines deal with how the sacred feet of Civan which could not be visualised even by Maal, he of the four faces and the rest of the heavenly ones, was made easy of worship in this world when He came down on earth in the form of a priest “Guru'(75). What is begun in the first line ends only in the 75th line. Lines 11 to 25 deal with how the saint escaped the various births in the animal kingdom from the elephant down to the ant and how later he escaped as a human foetus in the mother's womb during all the ten moon-months from the different kinds of troubles and finally from the sea of misery along with the mother in the tenth month. Lines 26 to 41 speak of how he escaped from all sorts of troubles and sorrow all the years of nights and days like hunger, work, sleep, travel, education, wealth and poverty till he became a youth. He sings how he escaped the piercing giances of maidens with black tresses, red lips, pearly teeth and charming youthful breasts. The beauty and charm of the lovely damsels have been 178