Tirumantiram - TANTRA THREE Verses 578-597 of 883

Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

TANTRA THREE  Verses 578-597 of 883

 

6 PRATYAHARA

 

578: Blessings of Mind Withdrawal

 

Step by step, practise mind's withdrawal

And look inward;

One by one many the good you see within;

And may you then meet the Lord,

Now and here below

Whom the ancient Vedas still searches

Everywhere.

 

 

579: Retain Breath Below Navel Region

 

They know not the divine art

Of fixing breath twelve matra long,

Below the navel region;

Once they learn that art

The Lord enters within, shouting in joy.

 

 

580: Where Kundalini Is

 

Two finger length above the anus,

Two finger length below the sex organ

Four finger length below the navel visible,

There within is Kundalini

A flaming fire lambent.

 

 

581: Breath Control for Maha Siddha Yoga

 

If below the nose-tip

You look twelve-finger length,

And then concentrate and meditate (on navel centre),

The mighty Siddha yoga shall yours be

And imperishable shall your body be.

 

 

582: When Light Appears

 

If thus meditating,

Luminescence you glimpse at the Eye-brow centre

Know you are destined for bliss unalloyed;

If at the Throat's Center

Lunar light you behold,

Then will your body,

In divine joy intoxicated be.

 

 

583: What Kundalini Yoga is

 

Close the Muladhara orifice below

Center your thought on Sahasrara orifice above

And on that meditate in oneness;

Fix your dagger like vision on that Void Vast;

Thus practising Yoga,

You shall vanquish Time.

 

 

584: Kundalini Yoga Destroys Birth

 

Two finger length above the anus

Two finger length below the sex organ,

Lies the Kundalini Fire

If you can meditate on the light

That burns there,

You shall be one with Lord,

Who all births destroys.

 

 

585: Pratyahara

 

By thought concentrated,

Know clearly apart

Pasa and Pati Luminescent,

Then destroy that Pasa;

Melt in your heart for Lord,

Attain and contemplate on Jnana,

And look inward toward Him;

These the precious Ways of Pratiyahara are.

 

 

586: Pranayama Helps Pratyahara

 

If breath that is exhaled

Is contained within

The thoughts too are contained there

And the Lord shall leave you not.

 

 

587: What Pratyhara Can Lead to

 

In the act of concentrated meditation

All world will be visioned;

Be rid of the despicable darkness

And seek Lord,

If your thoughts be centered firm

You shall Divine Light see

And immortal thereafter be.

 

 

7 DHARANA

 

588: How to Practise Dharana

 

Let unswerving be your thought

Bind it to Muladhara fast

Look into the Void Inside through spinal shaft

See and yet see not;

Hear and yet hear not;

Thus in meditation sit;

That the sure Way to bar death's way.

 

 

589: Lord Dances in Sahasrara

 

From the peaks of Cranium ranges

The heavenly waterfall

Unceasing cascades

Coursing prana through the spinal channel;

There on the stony arena (of Mount Meru within)

The Lord performs His timeless dance;

That unending Bliss Light,

I witnessed.

 

 

590: Kundalini in Reverse

 

She is the Damsel of the Vedas;

She belongs to the astral land of Cranium;

He is the bridal lord;

He sleeps in the land of Muladhara;

Gently rouse Him,

And make Him meet Her,

You shall then be forever young

Upon lordly Nandi I avow,

This true forever and ever.

 

 

591: Practice of Kundalini Yoga

 

Bind the Muladhara

Raise the Prana breath upward

Through the spinal hollow course it

And within in aptness retain,

And like a stork at stream's head

Sit calm

In singleness of thought;

Well may you live forever and ever.

 

 

592: Practice Breath Control in Proper Time-Measure

 

When Pranayama is in proper time-measure practised

Breath retention will appropriate with Prana stand;

He who trains breath that is Prana,

With him shall Time and Life inseparate remain.

 

 

593: Practise Breath Control in Silentness

 

A bull there is,

In the thoughts of those

Who silentness observe;

They who open their mouth wide

Drive it away wind-ward;

But they who are in silentness wrapped

Drive it to the Lunar Peak;

There with its horns it knocks;

And if the Gates of the Cave do not open,

It turns tail in fear.

 

 

594: Longevity Gained by Breath Control

 

If breath that is forked in and out,

Is on mind directed and centered,

Well may you sleep

In the spacious bed chamber

Of the Body Cave

That has doors two and windows seven.

And long, long may you live there too.

 

 

595: Mind Control Through Breath Control

 

If of the ten Vayus that fill the body

Five by exhalation leave,

What avails you fool!

What though you wake and pray?

They who control breath in measure ordained,

Will sure imprison mind-monkey

Within the body-fortress.

 

 

596: Make the Body Immortal

 

All those who came afore

Have met their final end;

What guarantee is there of any other fate,

For those who come after?

What then there to speak of the millions

And their life to be?

What delusion this!

Will the sandy bank ever hold firm?

 

 

597: Dharana is Involution

 

To contain body's harassing senses five

In elements five,

To contain elements five

In organs cognitive internal,

To contain cognitive organs internal

Into its Primal Reals,

To contain Primal Reals

In the Being Uncreated

That, verily, is Dharana

In stages practised.