Verse 1: Life from within
1. Life from within
அகரம் எழுத்தின் உயிராம் அனைத்தும்அகத்தின் வழியே உயிர்
akaram ezhuthin uyiraam anaithumakathin vazhiye uyir
The letter A is the life of the letters; through what is within us, all things come alive.
Uyir means both ‘vowel’ and ‘life’: a consonant stays mute until a vowel sounds within it. Akam, ‘the inner self’, begins with the same A.