Tirumantiram - TANTRA THREE Verses 740 -769 of 883

Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

TANTRA THREE  Verses  740 -769 of 883

 

14 WHEEL OF TIME OR KALA CHAKRA

 

740: Ascension of Jiva from Moon's Sphere

 

Seeking the Mountain Ranges Five (Siva Tattvas)

Here am I in the Moon's Sphere;

Leaving this I reach the Region of the Great Void of Twelve

That lies in the Sphere of Pati Supreme;

And from thence I pass on to the Farthest Beyond

--These I seek to search here.

 

 

741: Life Wasted Away in Pursuit of Worldly Knowledge

 

Knowledge that comes of senses five,

Knowledge that comes of discrimination that is sixth

Knowledge that comes of judgement that is seventh

Knowledge that comes by learning that is eighth,

Knowledge that comes from experience that is ninth

Knowledge that comes from attachment that is tenth

--Thus does knowledge that comes in diverse ways,

But erode life span in succession;

Knowing this not, they perisge

Knowledge that comes of senses five,

Knowledge that comes of discrimination that is sixth

Knowledge that comes of judgement that is seventh

Knowledge that comes by learning that is eighth,

Knowledge that comes from experience that is ninth

Knowledge that comes from attachment that is tenth

--Thus does knowledge that comes in diverse ways,

But erode life span in succession;

Knowing this not, they perish away.

 

 

742: Critical Years of Life

 

Many are the stages when death assails man;

From twenty five to twenty eight;

From thirty to thirty three

From sixty to sixty two

From hundred and beyond

These are the critical ages in man's life span;

When death may visit him.

 

 

743: Days Appropriate for Commencing Yoga

 

The birth day, The first, second, third and the eight day following it

Any one of these is day appropriate for commencing yoga;

Find the day suitable most,

And easy shall be your entry

Into the Mystic House within.

 

 

744: Yoga Explained

 

You who enter the land of yoga practice!

Know that it consists in this

The measure of breath inhaled is twelve angula

Having measured accordingly

Exhale eight matra consciously

The four matras retained

Are in the six adharas to suffuse

And thus breathing examine the Tattvas twenty and five.

 

 

745: God is Beyond Adharas and Tattvas

 

Beyond the Muladhara of the four pointed Center is He;

Beyond the barriers of Tattvas twenty and four is He;

Beyond the twenty and five Tattvas is His Guna

Beyond the six adharas that rise like the spreading banyan tree is He,

Who ever does know Him!

 

 

746: The Days it Takes the Yogi to Traverse Adharas and Mandalas

 

The days that take to pierce the Centers nine are this:

Twentieth day adharas six;

Twenty-fifth day Seventh Center of Fire Mandala

Twenty-sixth day the Eighth Center of Solar Mandala

Twenty-seventh day the Ninth Center of Lunar Mandala

--These the days for yogi's Prana to reach Centers nine.

 

 

747: Vision of the Three Mandalas

 

On the twenty-eighth day

You gain the vision of Mandalas Three, each apart

On the thirty-third day

You gain their collective vision;

Do Center your thoughts further

And vision the tattvas twenty and four

That to Earth and the rest of elements in order belong.

 

 

748: Practise Yoga in Time and Order Stated

 

Thus if in succession and stages

The yogi aspires not

Impossible it be for him to become God;

Much less to near Him;

No other secret the Vedas hold

Trumpet this not;

But in meekness accomplish it.

 

 

749: Kindle Kundalini Lamp Within

 

They who know not this Way to the goal

And try other Ways

Are but fools;

They search with blazing torch

While within them is the hand-lamp

They who can kindle the Kundlini Fire within

Will abide ever in this fleeting world.

 

 

750: Journey Through Six Adharas in Two Stages

 

Unto the girth of the little finger

Is the spinal cord, taut like the string of bow;

There the adharas are

Traversing the first three

Do you reach the Heart's Center.

And, be in constancy fixed;

When you journey further onward

To the three Centers that end with Forehead

You shall firm be

As unto a picture painted.

 

 

751: Importance of Spinal Cord in Yoga

 

Know thou the Consciousness that is Perfection;

The sinners know not its goodness;

This body no doubt is evil Karma's product;

Yet it holds the stalk (Spinal Cord) of the sacred Lotus

That blossoms in the Mystic Regions Three within.

The Lord, of yore, spurned the mighty God of Death

Who ever harasses life;

The Lord rides the Chariot of Fire within;

If you vision His Holy Feet,

Decked with triumphal anklet

You shall for ever live

In the canopied terrace above.

 

 

752: Collective Vision of Mandalas End Karma

 

The Yogi who through the spinal column

Ascends the adharas above

Sees the Mandalas Three together, rapture bound;

Those who say that vision

Saw the end of Karmas;

Those who saw that not;

But die to be born again.

 

 

753: Missing the Vision, the Body Perishes

 

Do you know how this body perishes?

Hear this:

A pretty damsel the man has for wife;

And like the sun his prosperity spreads;

And all bow to him in respect;

A body that waxed in a life like thus

Became a prey for prowling dogs to consume.

 

 

754: Those Who Vision Can Become the Dancing Lord

 

They who knock about

Reach not the Refuge of Blossom Feet;

Containing not the Kundalini fire within

Their body a pray to fire becomes;

They who know the Way

And seek His Victorious Feet

See the Heavenly Dancer

Through their spinal hollow.

 

 

755: Seek the Dancing Lord as Goal and Become One With Him

 

They who sought the Dancer as their goal

Gained many things goodly;

And so stood in the path of the holy scriptures;

Seeking Him within and experiencing His presence

In eagerness they sit

And one with Siva become.

6Seek the Dancing Lord and Become One With Him

They who sought the Dancer as their goal

Gained many things goodly;

And so stood in the path of the holy scriptures;

Seeking Him within and experiencing His presence

In eagerness they sit

And one with Siva become.

 

 

756: God Vision at the End of 33 Days of Yoga

 

Countless are the gains that flow

From single-minded meditation;

Hear yet;

And thus if for Three and thirty days

You well and deep meditate

The Dancer on top of the Mountain of Gold

Will appear,

And You one with Him become.

 

 

757: Vision of the Hundred Petalled Lotus of Sahasrara

 

Knowing the secret of reaching the Dancer,

They meditate on the tenth Center

They see the directions eight in rapturous vision

They glimpse the Lord seated on Lotus,

And attain radiance a hundred fold.

1758: Eternal Life Through Yoga

They who thus attained radiance a hundred fold

Will live a thousand years in body robust;

And they who saw a thousand years thus

May well live a million, trillion years.

 

 

759: Thus They Live Through Timeless Aeons

 

Well may they thus live for aeons and aeons,

And they tire not in their devotion;

And thus see the mind's end

And within see Him as Entity Inseparate;

And as one with Siva they live filled in divinity

And so see countless ages of Life Exalted.

 

 

760: Worldly Thoughts do not Lead to Sakti

 

Some seek to exalt themselves

Pursuing ways worldly;

Some seek the fruits of enjoyment

Knowing not what they do;

Some strive after action

With no thought of goal whatsoever;

But none of them will see

The Sakti of lovely eyes.

 

 

761: Worldly Wealth is Perishable

 

They who see Her not

Wasted away their lives;

They who seek not

Spent away in artful talks;

The riches and possessions of those who see not

Vanished away unseen and untraced.

 

 

762: Treasure Within is Imperishable

 

They who do not see the Treasure that surpasses all,

But seek the treasures that perish,

If within their melting heart they seek inside

They will see the Treasure that dies not.

 

 

763: Seek Siva-State

 

He is the One with the Fore-head eye

He is Birthless

He is Nandi within, Know this;

He in solitariness pervades spaces all

He stands as Siva, the goal unwavering

That state you shall attain

If you but seek.

 

 

764: Fruits of Seeking

 

They who seek

Know death none; evil none;

They who seek

Will become lords of earth;

They who seek

But know this true;

And well may it be told

To those that aspire.

 

 

765 Seek Lord Through Aum

 

These the things worthy of telling:

Ahara or the sound "A" that is Siva

Uhara or the sound "U" that is Sakti

Let these in your thought abide

And Mahara or the sound"m"

Let them through thy Spinal Cavity rise upward;

The six adharas will then be reached

And you shall gain the Lord.

 

 

766: Know Lord Within and Become One With Him

 

None know where the Lord resides;

To them who seek Him

He resides eternal within;

When you see the Lord

He and you one become.

 

 

767: Way to Become One With Siva

 

They know not how He and you one become;

This the Way how He and you one become:

Hearken!

He stands in your hearing and sight

He stands in the Mystic Circle within you.

 

 

768: Vision the Lord in the Seven Adharas

 

You know not how to reach His abode;

Transfixing your thoughts within you in the yogic way

The seven circles inside will open

And you shall see the abode of Lord

Sweet as sugar-lump.

 

 

769: Vision of Gods in Adharas

 

TYu may see Him as Brahma and Vishnu

You may see Him as Rudra blue-throat and Mahesa,

You may see Him as Sakti and Sadasiva

You may see Him within you immanent (in Adharas).