Songs of Saint Tayumanavar

Songs of Tayumanavar

Unreal Attachment to the Body (21/82)

When it is with ignorance,
It partakes of its nature.
When it is with knowledge,
It stands that way.
By attributes it (Soul) is Sat-Asat (Real-Unreal).
It receiveth awareness
Only when Grace imparteth it
And taketh the name of knowledge.
This, the truth.