Verse 1: Life from within
1. Life from within
அகரம் எழுத்தின் உயிரே அனைத்தும்அகத்தின் வழியே எழும்
akaram ezhuthin uyire anaithumakathin vazhiye ezhum
The letter A is the very life of the letters; everything rises by way of what is within.
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; ezhuthu, ‘letter’, echoes ezhu, ‘to rise’.