In the sixty fifth mantra the sage goes on to describe the context regarding the revelation of the Agamic truths and he also explains that the agamas were revealed to the Supreme devi, Parashakti, by the Lord himself. He further reveals that the agamas were revealed in both sanskrit and tamil simultaneously.
மாரியும் கோடையும் வார்பனி தூங்கநின்று
ஏரியும் நின்றங்கு இளைக்கின்ற காலத்து
ஆரிய முந்தமி ழும்உட னேசொலிக்
காரிகை யார்க்குக் கருணைசெய் தானே. 9.65.
Revealed Alike In Sanskrit and Tamil
Devoid alike of rain and summer's gift of dew
Even the flashing lake had lost it's vernal bloom
Then did He in Sanskrit and Tamil at once,
Reveal the rich treasure of His Compassion to our Lady Great. 9.65.
Com – Devoid alike of rain and summer's gift of dew During the time of the dissolution of the worlds, when the seasons of rain, summer, winter were absent (i.e. they were already in a state of absorption or laya), Even the flashing lake had lost it's vernal bloom when even the massive perennial lakes were dry (i.e. due to the fires of destruction). Reveal the rich treasure of His Compassion to our Lady Great In that most fearful time before the beginning of the creation of the world systems (again), the Lord revealed the Agamas to Parashakti, Then did He in Sanskrit and Tamil at once in Sanskrit and Tamil simultaneously.
* Here the sage presents the subject of the antiquity and validity of the two languages, namely Tamil and Sanskrit, by mentioning that the agamas were revealed to Parashakti, simultaneously in both the languages, by the Lord Siva. That it was revealed when the worlds were dissolved and in a state prior to the birth of the next cycle of creation, shows the antiquity of the Agamas and also of the two above mentioned languages. (Perhaps the author was aware of the many vicious debates that were to ensue at a later date among scholars regarding the antiquity and importance of the two languages).
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