Read as sentence, the five acts are not five separate powers. They are one continuous public posture — one body, five limbs, five verbs. What follows is that sentence spoken in the register of a stateless civic archive.
The archive makes a thing appear that the record kept quiet.
ஒன்றே குலமும் ஒருவனே தேவனும்— Tirumantiram v. 2104What has come into being is held in continuity. Public reassurance is a civic act.
அஞ்சேல் என்று அபயம் அளித்தானே— Tēvāram · Appar, 7th c. CEThe fire is contained, not scattered. Release, not annihilation.
எரிகின்ற தீ ஒரு கையில் ஏந்தி— Tēvāram · Sambandar, 7th c. CEIgnorance is held down, not erased. The archive is the foot on the dwarf.
முயலகன் மேல் நின்று ஆடும் எம் அண்ணல்— Tēvāram · Sambandar, Tillai hymnsAḍaikkalam — refuge. What is offered, not what is done.
தூக்கிய திருவடி அடைக்கலம்— Tiruvācakam · Māṇikkavācakar, 9th c. CEThe next page reads Act III in full. The flame is on the palm. → Contained fire