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Which is the real form of God ?

 
 

காரைக்கால் அம்மையார் அருளிய - அற்புதத் திருவந்தாதி

 
பதினோராம் திருமுறை. 
 
திருச்சிற்றம்பலம் 
 
அன்றுந் திருவுருவங் காணாதே ஆட்பட்டேன் 
இன்றுந் திருவுருவங் காண்கிலேன் - என்றுந்தான் 
எவ்வுருவோன் உம்பிரான் என்பார்கட் கென்னுரைக்கேன் 
எவ்வுருவோ நின்னுருவம் ஏது.  
 
திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்  
 
 
 
kAraikkAl ammaiyAr aruLiyadhu

 
padhinORAm thirumuRai 
aRpudhath thiruvan^dhAdhi 
 
thiruchchiRRambalam  
 
anRun^ thiruvuruvam kANAdhE ATpaTTEn 
inRun^ thiruvuruvam kANgilEn - enRum thAn 
evvuruvOn n^umpirAn enbArkaTku ennuraikkEn 
evvuruvO n^in uruvam Edhu 
 
thiruchchiRRambalam 
 
Meaning of Arputha Thiruvanthathi

 
    That time I became Your slave, without  
seeing Your Form. Even now I do not see Your 
Form ! What can I say to the people who ask, 
"What if the form of your Lord ?" Which is  
Your (real) form ? 
 
Notes

 
1. Does the God on Its own would look half male  
half female like ardhanArIshvara or would appear in 
yoga form like dakshiNAmUrthi or would be dancing as 
naTarAja or.... ? Which is the real form of God ? 
The answer is as appar beautifully describes, 
"avanaruLE kaNNAgak kANin allAl ippaDiyan 
in^n^iRaththan ivaNNaththan, ivaiRaivan enRu 
ezudhikkATToNAdhE" (Unless seen with His Grace 
itself as eyes, it cannot be written down as to 
whether It is this way, this colored, this featured  
etc.) 
ammaiyAr as if putting an unknowing question 
exposes the tip of a great iceberg. 
c.f.  
"orun^Amam Oruruvam onRum ilArkku Ayiram  
thirun^Amam pADi n^Am theLLENam koTTAmO" 
 - thiruvAcakam 

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