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7. Thiruvempaavai Stanzas 17 and 18 are again attempts of the maidens to persuade the lady-love to join them in the bath in the tank. “Oh damsel of fragrant dark locks! Let us sing that prosperity may flourish in us;let us sing about the Knight, our King, rare Ambrosia to us His devotees, our great Lord Who bestowing onus a Bliss not found in the red-eyed one (Maal) or Brahma or the Devaas or anywhere and Who extirpating our faults, steps into each of our homes in His grace and offers His lotus-like golden Feet. Singing thus let us dive and bathe in the tank of water filled with lotus flowers. Ch our Paavaai Ponder!” (7:17) “Like clusters of gems on the crowns of the heavenly ones losing their lustre when they bow down at the lotus Feet of Him of Annamalai when the dazzlingrays of the sun coming up and dispelling darkness, the stars of cool brilliance becoming dull have faded away, Oh damsel, let us sing of the jewelled Feet of Him Who is the female, the male, the neuter. the heaven with glistening light, the earth and something apart from all these but Who is the Ambrosia satisfying our eyes. Let us dive into this water filled with flowers and sport about. Oh our Paavaai Ponder (7:18) 361