Who can think of Thee ?

0 Shiva, abiding in the limitless region of holiness, 
Who, darkness dispelled, has granted me grace this day ; 

To abate thoughts, I thought of Thy way of rising
from the bosom of the soul in the glory of the sun; 

I thought of the non-existence of everything but
Thyself;

I thought of Thee and Thee only,
having worn off thought,
atom by atom and drawing closer for union
with Thee as one; 

Nothing art Thou, yet nothing is without Thee.
Who, then, can think of Thee ?

By Manikkavasakar, from Tiruvasakam.

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA