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