Kuthambai – (the ear ring)
| Kuthambai – (the ear ring) Kuthambai Siddhar was born to the family of Yadava leader Gopalan and his wife Muthammal. While as a child he was dressed like a baby girl and hence the name ‘Kuthambai’ (ear ring). His entire songs have the word ‘Kuthambai’. Pious from a very young age, was initiated into saint hood in his teen age. He died in the town of Mayavaram (Mayiladuthurai), in Tamil Nadu. Songs (selections & free translation). o One who have seen the ever complete, has no reason to be born again. o Seeing the things which are evanescent without attachment is not a fallacy. o Be eager to see that which is invisible in the infinite space. o See the infinite In your body, That light is spread everywhere. o The infinite is the ever present thing. Present as the intelligence, the cause of all things. o Form you pray, formless, the light, the space, the wealth that is the infinite. o Do you require a car for this body which is going to be eaten with pleasure by the vultures and crows. o Sweet little talk like that of a parrot now will become rubbish later in the crematorium. o The golden glow of the skin which is soft and shiny will become wrinkled with age. o The wealth and gold you earned after hard work in your life is not going to come with you (when you die). o The relatives, brothers and sisters, the society, your parents; will they be your companions when you die? o Blessed are the people who have set aside the accumulated desire in mind with contempt. o The monks who have also renounced the desire to control others are not born again. o People who have renounced the false and are after truth will become one with the eternal truth. o One who has no attachment to ‘me’ and ‘mine’ will be the dweller of heaven (will be happy). o One who realises truth as the infinite space does not require any certificates from anyone. |