“Ellaiyil vaasal kurugach chendraal ettri thamar pattrum podhu”
Just as a town has a boundary, so does our body! That boundary is also the beginning! Where is it? It is at the centre of the pupil! The life force (soul) resides within. When the Lord of Death (Yaman) enters through this boundary to seize and drag the life force away, is not the aperture of the pupil very small?
This causes pain; this is the agony of death! However, as we perform penance (Tavam) more and more, the aperture at the center of the pupil widens slightly, the veil is removed, and a path is created for easy passage to and fro. For those who perform the Penance of Wisdom (Gnana Tavam), there is no agony of death!
For those who have understood the truth of the Pupil (Kanmani), Death (Kaalan) is of no consequence! Before Death arrives, before your eyesight grows dim, remember the Lord (Kannan)! Feel Him! Worship Him and hold onto His Holy Feet with a firm grip! He will redeem you! He will lead you to the Supreme Abode (Paramapadam).
Thamar—the aperture—is the opening at the center of the pupil. It is through this opening that God gave life! It is through this same opening that the Lord of Death (Yaman) will come to take it! Be careful! If you increase the Light and nourish the life force, Death will not come! Do it, or Die!
Once the life force leaves the body, the messengers of Death will provide a new body of suffering (Yaadhana Sareeram) and lead the soul to hell! Should this be the fate of me, your devotee?
O Supreme Being, save me!
-Gnana Sarguru Sivaselvaraj