129. Forgetting ourselves together

ஆலமர வேர்கள் பிணையுமிடம் ஒவ்வொருவேர்தானெனும் பேர்மறக்கும் மண்

aalamara verkal pinaiyumidam ovvoruverthaanenum permarakkum man

In the soil where banyan roots twine together, each root forgets the name it went by: ‘I’.

130. Ego at home

யானிலா இல்லம் இனிதிருக்கும் யானென்றான்தானிலா இல்லமும் இல்

yaanilaa illam inidhirukkum yaanendraanthaanilaa illamum il

A home without ‘I’ is pleasant; for the man who said ‘I’, no such home exists.

The ‘I’ he insisted on goes with him into every home. The Tamil word for home also means household and family.