647. When will the day come when my two eyes behold the dark god who shines like a komalam jewel and rests on His beautiful white shining snake bed, with a thousand shining foreheads of the king of snakes, that remove the darkness with their bright diamonds? He rests in Srirangam as the clear water of the Ponni river washes His feet. When will my two eyes see Him and feel happy?
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(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)
The profound theological context for this pāsuram is established by drawing a parallel to the revered paryaṅka vidyā section of the Kauṣītakī Upaniṣad. Therein, the scripture describes the ecstatic experience of a mumukṣu—a soul caught in the cycle of