11. Meijnana kaviyam will remove the attachments like the mucus cover over a newborn

Verse 11

வெளிவிட்டேன் இத்தனை நாள் ஒளித்த சேதி

மெய்ஞ்ஞானம் பாடாட்டால் வெளியேயில்லை

பளிவிட்டுத் தீர்ந்து இதனால் நூல் தோறுந் தாகம்

பதித்துவைத்த பொருள் தோறும் வெளியாய்ப் போகும்

சளிதாட்டிப் பிறப்பது போல் பாசம் நீக்கி

சாத்தியத்திலே விழுந்து சந்தோஷிப்பான்

களிவிட்டுப் பாடுகிறேன் இந்த நூல்தான்

கண்மணி போல் காவியந்தான் மனதுள் காரே  (11)

Translation:

I revealed the information that was concealed so far

            If meijnanan is not sung there is no supreme space

The haughtiness will end, due to this book, the thirst

            Expressed in all the books will go away

Like being born discarding the mucus, removing the pasa/attachment

            He will rejoice falling into the sadhyam (goal)

I am singing this work with enjoyment

            Cherish this kavya in your heart as the apple of the eye   (11)

Commentary:

Agatthiyar is adding more details about this work and its purpose.  He says that the truth revealed here, about the supreme space, was hidden from the common man for a very long time.  One should learn it, leaving haughtiness.  The three common types of haughtiness are ‘kalvi cherukku’ or the haughtiness that one is learned, ‘porut cherukku’ that one is rich and ‘kudiccherukku’ that one is born in a good lineage.  These three will delude a person and prevent him from seeing the truth. 

Agatthiyar has a beautiful analogy for how the attachments will leave a person upon reading this work.  He says that the attachments are like a mucus covering over us.  Just as how the baby is born by discarding this covering, the realized soul is born by shunning the attachments.  The mucus does not change the nature of the baby, it only covers it temporarily.  Similarly the ignorance only conceals one’s true nature.  Agatthiyar wants one to cherish this work like the apple of the eye as the knowledge imparted here is very precious.