Tirumantiram - TANTRA THREE Verses 661 - 680 of 883

Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

TANTRA THREE  Verses  661 - 680 of 883

 

661: Raise Nada and Vision Lord Through Nadi

 

They who raise Nada within the Nadi

In a flash behold the Being One;

There they bibed the mystica nectar

Vanquishing besieging foes all.

 

 

662: Reaching Purna Sakti

 

Up on the stalk of the Mystic Lotus bud

The Nine Virgins sweet as nectar

Joined the Lady (Kundalini)

One by one they climbed the floors

They reached the victorious top

And there into Perfection transformed.

 

 

663: Poorna Sakti as the Supreme Cause Expands

 

Sakti that is Poorna (Perfection)

Filled Herself into Chambers Three times Seven;

The Nine lovely Virgins became a hundred and five

And as the Cause of Vishnu, Brahma

And the rest of the Gods Five

She expanded pervasive.

 

 

664: Poorna Sakti Involutes in Nada

 

The Damsel thus blossomed and expanded;

But if She chooses to hide Herself within,

The elements five and all that expanded out of Her

Will involute in the reverberant primal sound, Nada.

 

 

665: Merge in Poorna Sakti

 

The breath in nadis to Left and Right

When in alternation made to course,

And passes beyond the Adhara barrier Six,

There amidst the Cool Flame

Is seated Sakti of the Lightning Form,

In Her merged you be.

 

 

666: Lord Dances in Jiva

 

Senses controlled,

Thought in oneness centered

If you sit in realization thus,

Prana breath that comes

Circling again and again

Will in Jiva gently merge;

Within that Jiva the Dancer dances

And I stand seeking Him there.

 

 

667: Through Nada Yoga I Reached to Sakti

 

I coursed the breath upward through Sushumna

And to the accompaniment of Nada's sound (Aum)

I sought;

And lo! there the Damsel was

And I had Her

And seized and bound the enemies shielding Her;

And thus I possessed the Jewelled Lamp of Undying Flame

The Lamp that is of salvation's Treasure House.

 

 

668: The Eight Siddhis Enumerated

 

To become tiny as the atom within atom (Anima)

To become big in unshakeable proportions (Mahima)

To become light as vapour in levitation (Lahima)

To enter into other bodies in transmigration (Prapt)

To be in all things, omni-pervasive (Prakamya)

To be lord of all creation in omnipotence (Isavatam)

To be everywhere in omnipresence (Vasitvam)

--These eight are the Siddhis Great.

 

 

669: Beyond the Eight Siddhis in the Moon's Nectar

 

By eight-limbed yoga are Siddhis eight attained

When breath is in accord controlled;

But when Kundalini fire is through the Central Nadi coursed up,

And the Sun's mandala passed

Beyond that is the Moon's

Whence flow the ambrosia that may swilled be.

 

 

670: Siddhis Lead to Mukti Only by Sakti's Grace

 

By eight-limbed yoga way

Not only will Siddhis eight be

And the Goal behind the Siddhis too;

With effortless ease will they all be

If but Tripura Sakti Her Grace grants.

 

 

671: Beyond Siddhis is True Goal

 

They are Siddhas

Who together with Siddhis eight

Attain the Divine;

They reach Para Loka

And within them vision the Dear Lord

Then they reach Him true,

Going beyond the boundaries eight.

 

 

672: Siddhis Lead to Kamiya Loka

 

They who can alternate the course of breath Left and Right,

And send it upward through Spinal Cavity unerring to Mount Meru at top

To them, Kamiya Loka will of itself come;

The world that is reached by Anima and the rest of Siddhis Eight.

 

 

673: Anima

 

Having succeeded in shooting Kundalini to Meru through

The Spinal Cavity

If he perseveres for a year,

He will attain Anima Siddhi;

Lighter than flimsiest cotton wool will he be

Yet invincible will he be.

 

 

674: Laghima

 

If after visioning Thani Nayaki (Adi Sakti)

And the Tattvas that go with Her,

For five years the yogi perseveres steadfast

He attains the Siddhi that is Laghima;

The power to penetrate anywhere at will.

 

 

675: Vision in Laghima

 

When the yogi attains Laghima Siddhi,

He will glow with divine light;

With that glow suffusing milk white radiance

He will vision the heavenly glow

That is Truth.

 

 

676: Mahima

 

A year after attaining Laghima

When Tattvas take their refuge in Sakti of Form Tender,

Will Mahima Siddhi be;

As plain as his palm

It shall be for the yogi to see.

 

 

677: Time Transcended in Mahima

 

Having seen breath transformed into light

No more does Time move; it stops;

While the Past merged into space

Of the Future He becomes the Lord.

 

 

678: Finite Attainments Through Mahima Siddhi

 

Through him all Jnana grows

Through him all world flourishes

Through him all things prosper

Himself in the Grace of Lord stands.

 

 

679: Prapti in a Year After Visioning Sakti

 

He who thus stood in Mahima

Visions the Lady of Tattvas (Tattva Nayaki)

And the Celestial Bhutas,

If the yogi thus perseveres continuous for a year

Then he attains Prapti divine.

 

 

680: Time Stops in Prapti

 

Having visioned the dazzling Light of Sakti,

The Siddha perceives the Cosmos vast

That unto a flower unfolds,

The past merged into Space

And the future Time for ever stops.