Verse 1 of Guru Vachaka Kovai of Muruganar:
Invocation to Guru:
To save from dire despondency
Those who yearn for, and yet are, far,
Far from the goal of Final Freedom,
This Lamp of Guru's wisdom lit
To put to flight the illusion of 'I'
And 'mine', shines as the very Self.
(Tr. Prof. K. Swaminathan)
Arunachala Siva.