A dazzling translation of one of the most revered ancient Bhakti poemsThe Tiruvaymoli (sacred utterance or sacred truth) is a grand 1102-verse poem composed in the ninth century by Sathakopan-Nammalvar the greatest of the alvar poets. Ingeniously weaving a garland of words-where each beginning is also an ending-the poet traces his cyclical quest for union with the supreme lord Visnu. In this magnificent translation Archana Venkatesan transports the flavour and cadences of Tamil into English capt