NAMMALVAR: TIRUVOIMOZHI: A SELEC TION: 4-10-1)

ஒன்றும் தேவும் உலகும் உயிரும் மற்றும் யாதும் இல்லா

அன்று நான்முகன் தன்னோடு தேவர் உலகோடு உயிர் படைத்தான்

குன்றம் போல் மணிமாடம் நீடு திருக்குருகூர் அதனுள்

நின்ற ஆதிப் பிரான் நிற்க மற்றைத் தெய்வம் நாடுதிரே

(4-10-1)

Ondrum dhevum ulagum vuyirum

Mattrum yaadum illaa

Andru naanmugan thannodu

Dhevar ulagodu vuyir padaitthaan

Kundram poal manimaadam

Needu thirukkurugoor

Adhanulh nindra aadhi

Piraan nirkha matrai

Dheyvam naadudhire

Divine beings, the world, souls etc. were non-existent at that particular point in time. God created Brahma (the Creator), divine beings, the world and all living entities. Standing at Tirukkurugoor, he showers his grace on one and all. The Alvar wonders why the blind world would turn to other gods while Sri Narayana, the Origin, waits to save it.

These ideas about the universe fit in with those of astronomy and cosmology. According to Modern Physics, universe arose at that poignant point when even the first moment of time or anything else did not exist at all. That stage is termed Singularity. It is indeed the surprise of surprises that the Alvar describes such a special moment.

(One cannot also but wonder about the Alvar’s genius in singing about his own town’s special presiding deity simultaneously with description of the creation of the universe.)